Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse explained

"Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse" is a 2020 science fiction/horror short story by Rae Carson, about childbirth and the zombie apocalypse. It was first published in Uncanny.

Synopsis

Because zombies are attracted to blood and screaming, Brit must leave her compound and give birth to her child in a "birthing enclosure" — a shipping container.

Reception

"Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse" was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 2020,^[1] and for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.^[2]

Strange Horizons called it "hugely satisfying".^[3]

External links

Text of the story, at Uncanny

Notes and References

https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/badass-moms-in-the-zombie-apocalypse/ Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse
http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2021-hugo-awards/ 2021 Hugo Awards
http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/short-fiction-treasures-quarterly-short-fiction-round-up/ Short Fiction Treasures: Quarterly Short Fiction Round Up