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Small Shifts: Short Stories of Fantastical Transformation
Not all shifters turn into magnificent, terrifying beasts.
Life presents particular mortifications when your alternate form is a dung beetle or a bumblebee.
Despite the complications and challenges, even the most innocuous transformation can bring inspiration and power even if you're a raccoon or hamster.
12 stories of change and self-discovery.
12 explorations of the trials and tribulations resulting from small shifts.
Life presents particular mortifications when your alternate form is a dung beetle or a bumblebee.
Despite the complications and challenges, even the most innocuous transformation can bring inspiration and power even if you're a raccoon or hamster.
12 stories of change and self-discovery.
12 explorations of the trials and tribulations resulting from small shifts.
101 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 2, 2022
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Shawn L. Bird
38 books90 followersShawn is an author and high school teacher living in the beautiful Shuswap Lake region of British Columbia, Canada with her brilliant, musical husband. She is a former exchange student and a proud member of Rotary, and so she is out to change the world in many ways. Shawn osaa puhua Suomen kieli. Shawn peut parler français.
Come explore with her through blog, Twitter, Pinterest, or Facebook. Shawn is always working on a variety of projects including short stories, novellas, and novels. Of course, during the school year there are students, reading, and marking. There are still dreams and there is still poetry.
Always poetry.
Come explore with her through blog, Twitter, Pinterest, or Facebook. Shawn is always working on a variety of projects including short stories, novellas, and novels. Of course, during the school year there are students, reading, and marking. There are still dreams and there is still poetry.
Always poetry.
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August 27, 2022
This anthology is a collection of short stories by multiple authors but I particularly loved Jessica DeLand's "The Slime That Binds Us." The writing and humor was well delivered and nicely edited without losing the author's voice. On top of that it was clean (no profanity) which I appreciate in writing. She was able to get feeling and emotion across without resorting to strong language. I also loved that even though Escar's abilities might not have seemed very popular and despite his concern about what others might have thought of him and his slimey shapeshifting abilities, he used his talents to help someone out anyway. It's a wonderfully written story with great humor and a unique voice. Definitely recommend reading it. I also enjoyed Finnian Burnett's "Benji Earns Her Fur."
July 5, 2022
a mix of reactions
This anthology is comprised of a number of different stories, each featuring a small animal (sometimes a shifter, sometimes not) and their story.
Keeping in mind that the stories were supposed to be about different things, I felt reading it was a mixed bag. Some were more confusing (in an unpleasant way) than others, and some were simply better written. I don’t think most of the stories had too much to do with the theme discussed by the publisher in the beginning.
The only story I felt was worth re-reading was “The Slime That Binds Us” (in honesty, I follow the author on Instagram, but the story caught my attention of its own accord, no bias at all for the author present).
I did enjoy this anthology about smaller animals, but I am not sure how much I’d recommend to others.
This anthology is comprised of a number of different stories, each featuring a small animal (sometimes a shifter, sometimes not) and their story.
Keeping in mind that the stories were supposed to be about different things, I felt reading it was a mixed bag. Some were more confusing (in an unpleasant way) than others, and some were simply better written. I don’t think most of the stories had too much to do with the theme discussed by the publisher in the beginning.
The only story I felt was worth re-reading was “The Slime That Binds Us” (in honesty, I follow the author on Instagram, but the story caught my attention of its own accord, no bias at all for the author present).
I did enjoy this anthology about smaller animals, but I am not sure how much I’d recommend to others.
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