Susanna Allen | Writer

Tag: BEAR SHIFTER

  • Back On My Shiz

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    Welcome, new subscribers and also: frogs! (Not ‘welcome to frogs’ as readers, but if there are any frogs currently subscribed, then of course, enjoy this post.) I’ve spent the best part of 2026 in Heated Rivalry psychosis (if you follow me on Threads, @SusannaAWriter, you’ll be familiar) but I couldn’t let the annual celebration of…

  • Happy Anniversary to Me

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  • Dog Days of Summer

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    (Animal idioms are everywhere) When I was trying to put words on my current malaise, the above sprang to mind without hesitation. Then, I had to find out where it came from, then I thought I’d look up why so many of our figures of speech have to do with fauna, and down the rabbit…

  • Want to Know Basis

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    This whole author thing isn’t what I expected… I was working with a photographer once, back in the day when I was the design director of a music magazine, and he mentioned how much he loved doing author photos. “Really?” I said. “I actually never care about what an author looks like.” And added, no…

  • International Animal Rights Day

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    …is today, 10 December! Well, I mean, I was always going to default to my top three alphas, right? I was also going to start this off by writing, ‘Apropos of nothing, I was thinking about horses’, but I am always thinking about horses, so I guess that is ‘apropos of something’? So I was…

  • Clearing Your Way

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    It’s an rare full moon situation right now, so make the most of it! Funnily enough, I ended up on the hiring-out-goats-to-clear-other-people’s-weeds side of TikTok today, and my takeaway is: one creature’s trash is anther creature’s Michelin star feast. This is the second full moon in Capricorn, thanks to 2024 having been a leap year.…

  • <Insert Swift Pun Here>

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    Felicity turned and regarded the habillements draping every surface in the dressing room. “I cannot comprehend how you managed to produce all this in so little time.” “I have yet to see Lady Coleman quail from a challenge.” O’Mara smirked. “When needs must, I am quite swift,” Jemima added and the two of them roared…

  • Is It Summer Where You Are?

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  • The Last Wednesday of May is Otter Day

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    In which I realise I don’t know anything about otters in this part of the world. Happy Otter Day! Who doesn’t love an otter, am I right? I am here to celebrate any animal every day, but when they have one all to themselves, I tend to push the boat out. Same with full moons…