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Tales & Transformations

Tales & Transformations

Melissa Mead

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Guardbridge Books
Año de edición:
2024
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9781911486909
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Melissa Mead left a legacy of enchanting stories.She wrote twisted fairy tales, magical fantasy, and emotional stories of transformation-stories both humorous and heartbreaking, with the imagination and optimism she showed in her life.Collected here are stories which first appeared across many publications.Cinderella doesn’t want to marry the prince, she has her own career plansHansel and Gretel are replaced with changelingsOld ladies build mechanical cats and grow suspiciously healthy vegetablesAn injured centaur learns to use prosthetic legsCats dance, frogs learn to be princes, and birds fall in love with kingsIncludes 36 stories, a selection of drabbles (ultra-short fiction), and her essay on writing about disability.With this book, long-time fans and friends can celebrate her work and others can discover it for the first time. Enter the magical world that Melissa Mead gifted us.

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