Our Mother Modesta
Short Story, Death, Folklore, Mythic Roseline Mgbodichinma Anya Okorie Short Story, Death, Folklore, Mythic Roseline Mgbodichinma Anya Okorie

Our Mother Modesta

Modesta has spent her life shielding her family from misfortune, so when a troubling dream unsettles her, she rushes to the city to care for her pregnant daughter. Two years later, when it’s time to return home, she boards a bus and is never seen again. Her children search, but the bus seems to have never existed. As whispers spread and grief festers, Modesta begins appearing in dreams, pleading for burial. But how do you lay to rest someone you can’t find?

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