Fetal Position

Set in a near-future world grappling with declining birthrates and loneliness, this speculative novel follows Lena Do, a burnt-out corporate worker who joins a start-up promising domestic ease and security in exchange for her labor—and ultimately, her bodily autonomy. As women around her begin to vanish, she races to uncover the truth behind Hatch and its seemingly utopian promises, all while questioning who can be trusted in a society driven by data and artificial life. With sharp social critique, the story explores themes of survival, complicity, and the unsettling cost of societal optimization.