A pregnant woman descends into the clutches of the eating disorder pica while her relationship with her partner deteriorates. From Paul Tremblay's In the Mean Time, this tale is one of fifteen "finely crafted" (Locus Magazine) stories of fear and paranoia, stories of apocalypses both societal and personal, and stories of longing and coping.

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