“The Finch and the Fir Tree” published in Crow & Cross Keys
“She wondered if she could transform into a bear, or an ant underground, something that could burrow into the depths of the soil or rock and stay there for months in the winter, unconcerned with the cold or with cages.”
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2025
Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Flash fiction at 775 words
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Squirrel eating a nut in green grass