“Move along, Sally instructed silently, teeth clenched. Her drenched maternity trousers stuck to her like clingfilm, her huge belly tightening and expanding over the elasticated waistband. Her hair starting to mat itself to her perspiring forehead. She pictured herself as the enormous turnip from the children’s tale, needing to be heaved by medical staff to move her from this spot, and wished she could hide behind the well until this was all over.”

Sally is heavily pregnant and overdue when her daily walk by an ancient well, storied to have healing waters, takes an unexpected twist.

Published by Every Day Fiction, click here to read.