Six magical tales of unexpected transformations.Perhaps transformation is commonsense, a thing we feel self conscious about that perhaps we’re afraid others won’t understand, but which ultimately keeps us safe as we transform in response to the world around us. Perhaps transformation reveals who we really are, which is sometimes a startling realisation of our own belonging, and sometimes reveals uncomfortable truths about our motivations and desires. Perhaps transformation is what reveals to us how supported we really are, how the people who love us regardless of who we dare to become. Perhaps transformation is how we grapple with ideas, taking familiar stories and twisting them, turning them, challenging them to see what we can learn when we transform the lens of our viewing. And perhaps transformation reveals to us the depth of our significance—and when we dare transform, we do the brave, courageous thing that gives back to the world by becoming our truest selves. Transformation is inevitable. We might as well enjoy it.
Author
Amy Laurens is an Australian author of fantasy fiction for both adults and young adults. She has lived in the same city all her life, which other people think is boring; she prefers to think of it as stable. At present, Amy lives with husband, brand new baby, and two yellow Labradors who think they are lapdogs. Surprisingly, the dogs are the most jealous of the time Amy spends on the laptop. After a university education involving many twists and turns, Amy is a high school English teacher at an all-girls school by day. By night, she is a story-writing goddess; at least, that’s what she tells herself to get the words done, and since it seems to work, let’s not disillusion her. Her short fiction has appeared in magazines such as Allegory, Tower of Light Fantasy, and AlienSkin, and in Tyche Publishing's Ride The Moon anthology.
