The Conium Review: Vol. 5

This volume of The Conium Review features eleven new stories from Jessica Roeder Samantha Duncan Liz Kellebrew Kate Gies Shane Jones Kathryn Hill Emily Koon Jasmine Sawers Ingrid Jendrzejewski and Maryse Meijer. A woman falls in love with a giant banana a tiny goat takes up residence in a womans left ventricle a ghost tour goes awry and more. Readers will delight in this collections absurd settings dark humor and inventive language.This issue includes The Mother by Kathryn Hill winner of The Conium Reviews 2016 Innovative Short Fiction Contest. The contest was judged by Lindsay Hunter author of Ugly Girls Dont Kiss Me and Daddys. Lindsay said This story felt as alive as full of cells as the child the protagonist agonizes over carrying. It is heartbreaking and harsh and an important insight into the ever-morphing chemistry of a mothers brain.