Reviews
“The story is well-written, and although a quick read, you’ll be entertained...a page turning read.”
- Ginger Simpson, eBooks Examiner reviewer, www.examiner.com
“This novelette is a terrific read. The attention to detail in setting, customs, and characterization are wonderful. I can’t recommend it highly enough.”
- shadowrites.com
“Well-crafted novella that delves into the nature of identity, rejection, and friendship...a suspenseful and psychologically fascinating read.” - http://zellakate.blogspot.com
Cursed, abused, and desperate to know her future, Dancing Cat sneaks a glimpse inside her tribe’s Sacred Bundle, a powerful source of spirit magic. Instead of the future, she sees her most powerful ancestor, Small Tree and incurs her wrath. Small Tree strips Dancing Cat of everything —her home, her identity, even her gender – and drops her in the middle of enemy lands.
Injured, and in a strange, new body, she is befriended by Bearclaw who is on a spirit quest. He offers her assistance and asks for nothing in return; a kindness Dancing Cat had forgotten existed. She struggles to weave a path around the obstacles of friendship, identity, and longing in order to survive her eventual return home to face even further punishment.
And she does it while wearing someone else's skin.
Continuing on after the success of their first two Flash Fiction Challenge anthologies, Absolute Xpress issued its next:
Would your characters try to swindle a dragon out of his treasure? Perhaps they’d try to steal the fastest spaceship in the galaxy? Or are they after something a little more sinister that’s in need of taking? Where ever and whenever they take place, the stories of these Thieves and Scoundrels will take hold of your imagination and ransom it back to you.
“Thieves and Scoundrels” holds 20 stories from 18 established and break out authors from all over the English speaking world; USA, UK, Australia and Canada.
