I Read Stories: For Want Of Milk by Grace P Fong

For Want Of Milk by Grace P Fong in Uncanny

Pearl and her mother live on the prairie. Pearl’s mother makes the best cheeses, and she is the town midwife. Then a doctor comes to town, buying up all the property, raising the rents. He has no use for midwives, or cheesemongers, or illegitimate children, or Chinese people.

His wife does need them. And they do make the best cheese.

Read This: For a bit of frontier conflict and magic
Don’t Read This: Do not mix magic and cheese