This is not the pastel coming of the stork—this is the wolf. In this collection of very short fiction, remnants of bloody bible pages, bath tubs of black oil, and biting teeth are the truth of what it means to mother. Who was the woman you were before your matrescence? What shape did she take after? Winner of The Cupboard Pamphlet’s 2023 Contest, Susan Holcomb’s Wolfbaby relentlessly palpates that gentle give in the gut where the answer is lodged: feel here for the leftover imprint of an infant’s pinch, and know yourself changed.