The brilliant new short story collection from the Arthur C. Clarke Award–winning author of The Animals in That Country.A family of cat farmers gets the chance to set the felines free. A group of chickens tells it like it is. A female-crewed ship ploughs through the patriarchy. A support group finds solace in a world without men.With her trademark humour, energy, and flair, McKay offers glimpses of places where dreams subsume reality, where childhood restarts, where humans e...

When a blizzard traps three women at an enchanted lodge, surrendering to fate might be their only way out—or their greatest undoing.Jillian sought refuge from a wolf attack, but the mysterious lodge owner who saved her—Bertram, a powerful shapeshifter—awakens desires she's spent years denying. In his world of pleasure and discipline, she must choose: keep running, or trust the alpha who sees past every wall she's built.Coral