Aozora Brockman

Jun 21, 2024 | theoffingmag.com | Julia Chen |Aozora Brockman |Mary Pappalardo |Mimi Wong

Aozora Brockman’s story “Light and Moon” was published in The Offing’s Fiction department. Q&A conducted by Julia Chen, Fiction Assistant Editor. Donate to The Offing! Our Patreon supporters received early access to the interview with The Offing contributor Aozora Brockman. The Offing pays our contributors, and we appreciate the help of all of our supporters in sustaining our work.

Feb 29, 2024 | theoffingmag.com | Aozora Brockman |Alexandra Ye |Lara Longo

The family lore goes like this: a fish fell from the sky. Then there was another, and that one was me. And what kind of fish was she? someone would ask, egging my father on. He’d grin. A sel-fish, he’d say, what else? As if this were the only truth there ever was. Here’s what really happened: I was supposed to be a twin but then I ate her. It. Absorbed it, for nutrients, in like the first trimester. Dad got a kick out of that. Let’s never let her live that down, he said to Mom. And they haven’t.