Tales & Transformations: Stories by Melissa Mead

Melissa Mead left a legacy of enchanting stories.

She wrote twisted fairy tales, magical fantasy, and emotional stories of transformation-

stories both humorous and heartbreaking, with the imagination and optimism she showed in her life.

Collected here are stories which first appeared across many publications.

• Cinderella doesn't want to marry the prince, she has her own career plans
• Hansel and Gretel are replaced with changelings
• Old ladies build mechanical cats and grow suspiciously healthy vegetables
• An injured centaur learns to use prosthetic legs
• Cats dance, frogs learn to be princes, and birds fall in love with kings

Includes 36 stories, a selection of drabbles (ultra-short fiction), and her essay on writing about disability.

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.