Kerry Ryan teaches mindfulness and writing in London. She edits 3:am magazine and is working on a novel set in New York in 1913. In 2010, she won the Spilling Ink short story competition.
Spring 2012
The Cleverness of Crows
My career as a parasite began in the womb. Mama was hospitalised because I took so much of her blood. When I was born, she ran out of milk and a wet nurse was hired from the village. After a month, the nurse could do no more and recommended her cousin. She too admitted defeat.