Shifting Hearts
Shifting Hearts is a romance anthology featuring otherkin and therian love interests. It was published by Good Mourning Publishing in July of 2013.[1] Two stories from Shifting Hearts were read by Nova at the March 2023 Draconic Summit,[2] and the full book was read at OtherCon in 2023.[3]
Summary[edit | edit source]
Shifting Hearts contains seven short stories about a variety of nonhuman phenotypes:[1]
- Indeed The Cry by Lauren Brownless, featuring a sea raven
- Junebug Alien by Elizabeth Coppen, featuring a catlike alien
- Raining Cats and Dogs by Elizabeth Coppen, featuring a margay and a dhole
- The Journey by Rai Scodras, featuring an alien
- Looking the Real You in the Eye by Chris Witham, featuring an angel
- Crossing the Line by Lyn Thorne-Alder, featuring a coyote, a wolf and a magpie
- Like Calls to Like by Esther Day, featuring a dragon
Background[edit | edit source]
Little is known about the circumstances or people behind the creation of Shifting Hearts. Good Mouring Publishing posted an open call for submissions to their website on December 27th, 2012,[4] additionally soliciting responses on Tumblr,[5] Reddit[6] and Facebook.[7] The call explicitly disallowed stories involving p-shifting, demonstrating some foreknowledge of community terminology and issues.[4] The post did not specify whether the authors must be otherkin or therian, and the biographies of the accepted authors do not specify any information about their personal identities.[1]
The initial open call stated that anthology would include a foreword from Lupa, author of A Field Guide to Otherkin.[4] However, upon publishing, the foreword was written by Good Mourning Publishing itself.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chase Nottingham, ed. (July, 2013) "Shifting Hearts" Good Mourning Publishing.
- ↑ Nova. (March 2023) "Shifting Hearts" Draconic Summit March 2023.
- ↑ Nova. (August 13th, 2023) "Shifting Hearts Reading" OtherCon 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Good Mourning Publishing. "Open Call" (Archived version)
- ↑ goodmourningmedia. (December 27th, 2012) "OPEN CALL “Shifting Hearts” Otherkin/Therian Romance Anthology"
- ↑ akacosmic. (ca. 2012) "Open call: Stories for Otherkin/Therian Romance Anthology"
- ↑ Good Mourning Publishing. (December 27th, 2012) "OPEN CALL "Shifting Hearts" Otherkin/Therian Romance Anthology"