Tristis Ward lives and writes in Fredericton, New Brunswick. After a degree in English at Dalhousie University, she worked for years in community radio as a producer, station manager, and national lobbyist. She has written comic book scripts, short stories and plays as well as producing both stage and radio plays. She has long participated online in the SFFWorld.com forum and is a multiple winner in their flash fiction contests. Her first graphic novel, Bones of the Magus is available from Broken Jaw Press.
Mother and Child is a prelude to Bones of the Magus, but is a great stand-alone story presented in a unique format. It will take you into a strange new universe where worlds fall at the hands of wizards and science, and nothing is safe — not even your soul.
Editor’s note: Ms. Ward writes in a unique format designed best for print. Though we have included her story here in the digital anthology, we were forced to modify the sizes of the images to fit the format of the anthology. If you view the pages on a small screen, it may be difficult to read. If this is the unfortunate case, please contact the editor and a PDF version will be emailed directly to you. Thank you.