O SOLE MIO by Katie McIvor

From my ongoing review of INTERZONE #295 here: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2023/09/11/interzone-295/

“She had to shuffle Rory into her elbow so she could hold the cone…”

I simply loved this simple, nostalgic but eventually dark story of possible time travel to ‘cone zero’ (google please, with added chocolate flake!), about a mother and her new baby Rory, and her waning marriage, as haunted by an ice cream van in January. I can’t tell you more for fear of spoilers but it should be on everybody’s reading list.
My own earlier divergent reference to an ice cream van syndrome: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2019/07/14/ice-cream-van-phobia/
And a photo I took a few months ago near where I live:

Cone Zero: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3993599-cone-zero

Interzone #295

INTERZONE PRESS (MYY PRESS) 2023

My previous reviews of Interzone: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/tag/interzone/

An earlier publication by MYY PRESS: https://manyoyo.press/only-connect/

When I read the fiction, I hope my thoughts will eventually appear in the comment stream below, but health concerns may prevent me….