Publication: Strange Horizons
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The Last Time Gladys Howled At the Moon by Jennifer Hudak
This story has followed me around since I read it: Gladys begins life as a wolf, but turns into a human in a fantastic, melancholy and thoughtful use of metaphor: Gladys was approaching her first heat when she shed her fur and lost her tail. The transformation was unintentional, and unwanted. When she awoke in…