This three-title anthology contains stories by Fiona Glass, Emily Veinglory and TA Chase. All the stories involve shapeshifters, all are male/male, but each tells a very different tale.

Feathered Friend is based on the old northern European fairy tale The Swan Maiden. Charlie, who races pigeons for a hobby, finds a very odd pigeon in his loft one day, and little expects the effect it will have on his life - or his heart.

"This story teaches a lesson of why we should never cage wild creatures and how true love can come even to the most unusual of couples."
TA Chase, author

"I didn't realise I was having such an effect on you," said Avery, turning his hand palm-up and rubbing small circles into the skin.

"You're not... that is, I don't...." Charlie realised he was tangled in half-finished sentences, and drowning in a pair of pretty grey eyes. Eyes that were slate on the surface, but reflected a strange red glow when he stared into their depths. The pale red of a Kipps, if he wasn't much mistaken.... He shook himself, blinked the vision away and nervously licked his lips. The stranger was pulling on his hand now, trying to drag him close, and he resisted in spite of himself. "I don't do one-night stands."

"That's all right, neither do I. A bird is for life, not just for Christmas, you know."

"Well, yes, but...." There it was again, that peculiar reference to birds. Charlie began to feel ever-so-slightly sick. "I only sleep with humans," he said. "Breeding pigeons is a hobby, nothing more. I'm not into that sort of kink."

Avery laughed, a soft cooing chuckle that grated on Charlie's nerves. "So, what kind of kink are you into?" he asked, and pulled so hard that Charlie ended up on his lap.

"Nothing. I mean, I'm not. I don't get off on feathers or anything like that."

"Are you sure?" A single long grey feather appeared in Avery's hand and he brushed it down Charlie's cheek and over his lips, before following its path with his lips.Tiny kisses rained down on Charlie's skin, the contact so small it was almost like the peck of a beak. The thought made him shudder again and he shied away, trying to find leverage to clamber off Avery's lap. But Avery tightened his grip, holding him round the waist and running a hand through his curly brown hair.

"Don't worry," he whispered into Charlie's ear. "I'm not a bird. Not in this form. When I change, I change completely. I'm a man now. A very beautiful man, just the sort you like. You do like me, don't you?"

Charlie stopped struggling to get away and turned. He saw the pale skin and the soft greyish-fair hair and those pretty grey eyes, and he sighed as if he knew he was already lost. "Oh yes, I like you," he said, and surrendered to the embrace.

© 2007 Fiona Glass

Steal the Sky continues the adventures of Charlie and his shapeshifting pigeon friend Avery, who you first met in Feathered Friend. This time, Avery insists on entering a pigeon race but goes off course and finds himself locked, naked, in a stranger's garden shed!

The anthology also includes a sequel to Emily Veinglory's story in 'Shifting Perspectives', as well as a brand new story about a shapeshifting fish by Sharon Maria Bidwell.

"I really like this short story, probably the most funny and charming of the anthology."
Elisa Rolle

"...all three stories presented in this anthology have merit in that they take on very different aspects of shape-shifting, and will definitely hold interest for fans of this genre."
Rainbow Reviews