Wow!
How do we get more readers to notice your polished, professional, riveting and awesome prose?
You nail the POV of a woman, a mother, a wife - and the dawning horror! - it reminds me of the gradual realization of that wife in King's "The Shining." No monster is as scary as a husband going insane.
That Frankenstein-ish scene. OMG. “It worked, Lisa, I brought him back. I brought our son back." OMG.
It reminds me of a nightmare I once had about my dad reviving the corpse of his father, my grandpa, in the attic. Grandpa arose and looked right at me. I woke up fast.
It may be that for Steemit/Hive readers, your stories are daunting in length ("too many words") - and it's certain to me that you need to publish an anthology of your short stories. Most publishers avoid anthologies (no money in them unless you're already as famous as King) but your fiction is first-rate, and you need to get your stories out to more readers. I've fallen out of touch with magazines and editors. Perihelion Science Fiction only accepted hard sci-fi, and it doesn't appear Sam Bellotto Jr will revive the ezine anytime soon. He's in poor health. Another editor I'd have recommended to you, Carrol Fix, has retired due to poor health, and her small press has closed. She published two author's I'd recommended--one, Brian Biswas, now has an anthology of his "Twilight Zone" -ish short stories. And he may be looking for a new publisher to reprint it.
You really are a pro I'd recommend to a publisher, if only I still knew any. :)
The Ink Well is fortunate to claim you as one of our own.
RE: The Wonderful Works of Nikolay the Wonderful