Shadows embody smoky truths revealed in slivers through the corners of our eyes. To visit these places is to reach behind our conscious mind, shake hands with the natural world, and brave the squishy place between hope and despair. These short stories and poems attempt to draw back the veil, so that we may bathe in the pool of myth, descend into the otherworld, and, if all goes well, reemerge cleansed. From the afterlife to mushroom and fairy ring lore, crow antics to Florida springs and fossils, these four tales reach into the depths of emotional darkness to unearth a glimpse of light. - Begin again, believe again - Foraging in the forests of the fae - Winging through worlds - A come to Goddess moment