Tales & Transformations

<p>Melissa Mead left a legacy of enchanting stories.</p><p>She wrote twisted fairy tales magical fantasy and emotional stories of transformation-</p><p>stories both humorous and heartbreaking with the imagination and optimism she showed in her life.</p><p>Collected here are stories which first appeared across many publications.</p><ul><li>Cinderella doesn't want to marry the prince she has her own career plans</li><li>Hansel and Gretel are replaced with changelings</li><li>Old ladies build mechanical cats and grow suspiciously healthy vegetables</li><li>An injured centaur learns to use prosthetic legs</li><li>Cats dance frogs learn to be princes and birds fall in love with kings</li></ul><p>Includes 36 stories a selection of drabbles (ultra-short fiction) and her essay on writing about disability.</p><p>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.</p>