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In The Prices We Pay, discover the truths of the world told through the eyes, hearts, minds, and experiences of nature and the animal world. Fly with the vulture and learn her mythology. Run with the coyote as she finds her self. Experience rebirth with the phoenix and her role in the world, and feel the grief of loss and the love of family as Mother Cardinal teaches her fledging his greatest gift. We learn with the animals just what it means to be human: that to love is our most important gift and that grief is the shadow side of that love. In this short collection of fables, with a kiss of mythology, we all learn that the prices we pay for love are worth every moment, every sacrifice, every tear, and every breath.

About the Author :
Rayshell E. Clapper is a prose writer and Professor of English at Diablo Valley College, where she coordinates DVC's biannual Literature Week. She has presented and published her original prose in myriad places and journals and serves as the co-editor of the online literary journal Dragon Poet Review. She studied fiction in the Red Earth MFA program at Oklahoma City University. As a Metal Monkey and Virgo, she balances her worlds of creativity and independence with organization and humanity.

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Security comes at a price; both beauty and danger are found in selflessly putting others' wellbeing ahead of our own. Sometimes, the price we pay is worth it, but sometimes, the cost is simply too much, and we find ourselves, like Rayshell Clapper's warm-blooded Rabbit or bald-headed Vulture, sacrificed on the alter of empathy. Clapper's hauntingly heartbreaking fables remind us that every choice, every moment of life, comes with a consequence, and love is the price we pay. These vivid tales, with their rich imagery and layered characters, cause us to pause and consider the cost of the choices we make.-Jessica Isaacs, author of Deep August, Poet, Oklahoma Book Award winner, and English Professor In Rayshell Clapper's capable hands, the fable makes a comeback, introducing Mosquito, Snake, Mother Cardinal and a host of other animal kingdom denizens to instruct us about their world and ours. "We all play our part," as her Vulture reminds. Sadness and strife live here, but in Clapper's embracing vision there is also room-and welcome-for charity and hope.-Kat Meads, author of Little Pockets of Alarm The Prices We Pay is a delightful collection of stories to savor, delight in, and, as with the very best fables, learn from. Rayshell Clapper offers up pleasure and wisdom with this marvelous gathering of tales.-Rilla Askew, author of Strange Business and Kind of Kin


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798888380369
  • Publisher: Finishing Line Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Finishing Line Press
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 46
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 122 gr
  • ISBN-10: 8888380361
  • Publisher Date: 11 Nov 2022
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
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  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Width: 140 mm


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