Everything in the Garden is Lovely
ShortStory 3,066 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources
"Now that I’ve failed as a woman, my punishment is to become a garden. I receive the verdict on a Sunday evening. They’re supposed to give you advance notice so you can put your affairs in order, but the letter is postmarked from more than a month ago—I’ve never been good about clearing out my mailbox..."
Content warnings 2
body-horrorpregnancy-loss
Quasar links out; the story lives on Apex, where the author gets the click.