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508. Maureen McHugh, author of After the Apocalypse and Mothers and Other Monsters

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

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After the Apocalypse, a Story About a Bad Mother

"Mothers and other monsters" is the best title i've ever come up with, says author. Kelly lynk said to me, why don't you write a story about a bad mother? And that story actually appears as the final story after the apocalypse. It was the, it is a story that took me ten years to be able to write. I'd love to see stories in which mothers were where motherhood was seen as not something that you either succeed or fail at."

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