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Parkinson, T. L.

"The Shell" {/79/}

[in Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1990]

• [Result: BM.] A man suffering from a severe skin disease grows himself a shell around his body. -79

Pearson, Arthur [HP]

"Growing Wilder" {Ph//}

[http://www.lycanon.org/transcontest/1/GrowingWilder.html]

• Result: BM/AN/FU Significance: + Description: + Saturation: -. Transformation into a humanoid otter. One of my favorite stories. -Ph (98/04/06)

Pelleschi, Andrea

"Song of the Dragon" {/72/}

[in Sword and Sorceress VII; ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley]

• [Cause: MA?/NA? Result: BX/AN?.] A young woman sets out from her school to discover the secret of her teacher, who disappears every year to take his true form. Amusing short story. -72

Person, Lawrence [??]

"Details" {/139/} [??]

[in Asimov's, April 1991]

• [Cause: DT? Result: BX.] A man's world changes constsantly by tiny fractions until it (and he) are completely alien. -139 (98/02/08)

"Salvation" {/139/} [??]

[in Midnight Graffiti, by Stephen King (Editor), James Van Hise, Jessica Horsting, jes Horsting; Warner; 1992; 0446363073; $?] [BB] [BBT]

• [Result: IN.] [...] in the Midnight Graffiti anthology, in which church statues of Christ bleed and come to life. -139 (98/02/08)

Phaedrus [HP]

"Byte Me" {/Ph/}

[http://www.lycanon.org/stories/SRUByteMe.html]

• Cause: MA Result: BM/AN/FU. Set in the Spells R Us universe. Someone browsing the Internet stumbles across the SRU customer database, with predictable results. -Ph (98/04/06)

"Commission" {/Ph/}

[http://www.lycanon.org/stories/Commission.html]

• Set at a furry convention. (See Spoiler Section for more info) -Ph (98/04/06)

"Field Trip" {/Ph/}

[http://www.lycanon.org/stories/FieldTrip.html]

• Cause: AS Result: BX/AN. Set in the Circe Treatment universe. A young student goes on a field trip to Yellowstone to see the new wildlife, with tragic results. -Ph (98/04/06)

"Reinkarmation" {/Ph/}

[Adult link]

• Cause: MA Result: BX/AN/PE/MD. A scumbag of a man meets a coyote mage with a vicious streak. He's turned into a gorilla... and that's where his problems begin. Warning: This was written for a "nasty story contest", and involves a variety of distasteful events; adults only, please. -Ph (98/04/13)

"A Trickster's Tail" {/Ph/}

[http://www.lycanon.org/trickster/index.html]

• Cause: MA/MC Result: ST/BM/BX/AN/FU Saturation: +. Set in the No More Fakes universe, in which a wizard transforms the guests at a costume party into real versions of their costumes. Keith Dorner attends the party, dressed as a trickster coyote mage named Kickaha; when the change occurs, the Keith and Kickaha personalities find themselves both in the same coyote body. Things get progressively weirder from there. Unfinished as of this writing, but long (16 parts). -Ph (98/04/06)

"Wishes" {/Ph/}

[http://www.lycanon.org/stories/Wishes.html]

• Saying just about anything other than "A wolf is involved" would be a spoiler. (See Spoiler Section for more info) -Ph (98/04/06)

Pierce, Meredith Ann [AL]

"The Woman Who Loved Reindeer" {/72/}

[in Moonsinger's Friends; ed. Susan Shwartz]

• [Cause: NA? Result: SC/AN.] The short version of her novel by the same name... of a woman who falls in love with a shapeshifter (who changes into a golden reindeer) and the shapeshifting son she bears him. Highly recommended fantasy novel. -72

Poe, Edgar Allen

"Metzengerstein" {/77/}

[in Beware the Beasts; ?; 1971; 532-00343-075; $3] [BBT]

• [Result: AN.] Metempsychosis into a horse, so far as I remember. -77

Pohl, Frederik [Bo] [AL] [BL] [BR] [DZ]

"Father of the Stars" {/77/}

[in Galaxy; 1964]
[in Digits and Dastards; Frederik Pohl; 1966; ?] [BBT]

• [Cause: AS Result: BT/AN.] Minds put into chimp bodies for STL interstellar travel, while their own bodies wait frozen for the return. -77

"My Life as a Born-Again Pig" {/Ph/}

[in Synergy 1; ed. Zebrowski, George; HBJ; 1987; 0156877007; $5.95] [BB] [BBT]

• [Cause: AM Result: BT/AR.] A very wealthy, somewhat slimy man is "killed", but his brain is salvaged and transplanted into a baby created by an artificial insemination into his wife's womb done after his death. -Ph

"The Tunnel Under the World" {/77/}

[in The Best of Frederik Pohl; ed. Lester del Rey; Nelson Doubleday; SFBC] [BBT]

• [Cause: AS? Result: MT?.] A small town has undergone a strange change; similar basic idea to Galouye's Simulacron 3 that you already have listed. I think Pohl was first. -77

Porcupine, Pascal Q.

"Just another Sunday..." {/Ph/}

[http://www.lycanon.org/transcontest/1/JustAnotherSunday.html]

• [Result: BM/AN/FU/GC.] Male human into female porcupine morph. -Ph

Pronzini, Bill

"Ancient Evil" {/28/}

[In The Ultimate Werewolf by Preiss]

• [Result: SC?/PE?.] Another story that's hard to decide if it's about a madman or a shapechanger. -28

"How Now Purple Cow" {//Ph}

[in One Hundred Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories]

• [Cause: NA? Result: BX/AN.] Utterly silly little story about, well, a purple cow. -Ph

Prophecy, Sonic [HP]

"Windows" {/Ph/}

[http://www.lycanon.org/transcontest/1/Windows.html]

• Cause: CM? Result: BM?/AN?/FU?.  -Ph (98/04/06)

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