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PseudoPod 919: Grinning on the Way to See Mom Die

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PseudoPod 919: Grinning on the Way to See Mom Die is a PseudoPod original. Aunt Sara doesn’t like phone calls, so I get a text that Mom’s dying, hospital address included. I sigh a long one. A weird mix of emotions wrestle in my gut. I reply: Ok thx. I know how this went down. Mom got really sick, delayed telling anyone because she doesn’t like doctors or medical bills. Source

Southern GothicMotherhoodAmerican Southwest

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Darkly ComicPsychological HorrorClass InequalityVisceralGuiltFast PacedUnsettlingHorrorTraumaDarkMemoryContemporaryFirst PersonVoice DrivenCharacter Driven

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death-of-a-loved-onegoreviolence

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