It’s Tuesday and there’s a shapeshifter lurking about. You seen her? She’s been known to take the form of a horse, a jellyfish, and a mouse. What form is she taking today?

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The Shape of Family

Part Sixteen – Confrontation

by Rick Cook Jr

They rode before dawn, headed to their deaths.

Could Sadie hurt the creature once more? He had called her a mutt. Was there a connection between the skinchangers and whatever he was? It appeared so.

But she couldn’t Change. Not right now. Walking was hard enough.

She was glad of Jeffrey’s warmth behind her on the saddle. Sergeant Hughes had outfitted her with a change of clothing and a dagger. Little good it would do her.

The fingers of dawn stretched and cracked their knuckles through the bloody wood. The creatures of the night retreated around them, but the woods were still dangerous. If the beast didn’t find them, something else might.

Sadie had been so worried about the bandersnatch that she had forgotten to be wary of the other beasts of the forest. Continue reading →