Author: Deborah Batterman

A native New Yorker, Deborah Batterman is the author of 'Shoes Hair Nails,' a short story collection framed around everyday symbols in our world and their resonance in our lives. She is a Pushcart nominee and her award-winning fiction will appear in a forthcoming Women’s National Book Association anthology, timed to the organization’s October 2017 centennial celebration. Her stories and essays have appeared in anthologies as well as various print and online journals, including Akashic Books' Terrible Twosdays, 'Every Mother Has a Story,' Vol. 2, 'Open to Interpretation: Fading Light,' and 'Mom Egg Review,' Vol. 14. Her novel, 'Just Like February,' will be published next spring by Spark Press.

The Mother and the Rock Star

Jesse shuts his eyes to the hotel room’s stark white décor. Imagines he is in a French bordello. Thick velvet drapes framing the window. A soft canopy above the bed. Brass table lamps with beaded shades. He leans back on his elbows, kicks off his sneakers. He likes a good ... Read More

Fiction / Deborah Batterman