Emergence, by Blair Lee

Prose, chapbook, 48 pages, from Bottlecap Features. When Kara discovers an egg in her girlfriend Elise's apartment, their lives are thrown into chaos. The egg is more than a biological anomaly, it is also a living relic of Elise’s life as a lab experiment—and perhaps her past love, as well. As the couple wrestles with the impossible question of what might emerge, they must first confront the fears and inadequacies within themselves. Through Kara’s tender but anxious perspective, Emergence celebrates the insecurities and resilience of love when tested by extraordinary circumstances. A blend of speculative fiction and raw story, it asks us what it means to nurture something that might reshape our entire lives and how we might come to rethink the boundaries of being human. Blair’s fiction and nonfiction have appeared in American Short Fiction, The Masters Review Anthology, Moon City Review, and Bath Flash Fiction, among other places. Her story collection, essays, and other work have also received finalist positions for numerous awards, including the PANK Book Contest, the Robert and Adele Schiff Award, the VanderMey Nonfiction Prize, and the Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize.