Baby H

by Robert Swartwood

It isn't supposed to happen. Nobody even knows you exist. Your brothers and sisters — all seven of them — are the ones planned to be born. Not you. But the unthinkable occurs. You come out, open your eyes, and breathe.

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Robert Swartwood's work has appeared in Chizine and Every Day Fiction. (This piece was inspired by the recent news coverage of the birth of octuplets. Click here to make a donation to Robert, half of which will support 6S.)