“It’s beautiful out here! Watch the ground—it’s bumpy,” I cautioned as I walked over the lawn—which I suddenly realized was a hazard—with my hand in the warm, pliant crook of my ninety-seven-year-old father’s arm as I steered him into the day. It was late summer in the year before he died. Usually, my father sat […]
Janet Mason
Janet Mason’s book, Tea Leaves, a memoir of mothers and daughters was published by Bella Books in 2012. Her novel THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders was published by Adelaide Books (New York and Lisbon), also the publisher of her novel The Unicorn, The Mystery late in 2020. Her novel Loving Artemis. an endearing tale of revolution, love and marriage was published by Thorned Heart Press in August of 2022. Her work has been widely anthologized and has been published in numerous journals, including the Brooklyn Review and Sinister Wisdom. "Dancing the Polka" is her first piece in Thimble.