Fetal Static

Summary

We’d been married for five years. My husband, Julian, had always been militant about protection, so I was stunned when he suddenly wanted a child.

Two months into the pregnancy, I was hospitalized for complications. That’s when I first heard the voice. It was malicious, infantile, and coming from inside my own stomach.

Owww, I’m gonna make it hurt! I’m going to toss and turn until you scream. Daddy said you’re not my real mommy. You’re just the delivery van.

I stared at my abdomen, convinced I was having an auditory hallucination.