Author

Jessica McAdams

Jessica McAdams lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their four children. (Also part of the household are an adoring dog and a disdainful cat.) When Jessica's not writing or editing, she enjoys knitting, hiking the local trails, and traveling up to the mountains whenever she can. You can follow her on Twitter at @JessMcAuthor, where she tweets about books, short stories, and the constant struggle to get more words on the page.

In addition to this story, she has a story forthcoming in Julie Czerneda's Tales from Plexis (DAW Books, December 2018).

The Quartermaster's Charge

I lost my baby at home. I was not even far enough along that I was required to register the pregnancy, but the midwife was kind enough to come and attend me anyway. I am glad she did, because the labor was hard and bloody, and if I had not been so exhausted, I would have been…