{"id":6302,"date":"2016-12-27T12:39:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T17:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=6302"},"modified":"2026-03-22T10:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:39:29","slug":"shifting-shadows-stories-from-the-world-of-mercy-thompson-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/6302","title":{"rendered":"Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2hKKNjZ\">Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson<\/a><\/em> (2014) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/briggsp.php\">Patricia Briggs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2irQyYf\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Shifting-Shadows.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6303\" \/><\/a>I really do like this short story collection. <\/p>\n<p>Pleasingly, Patricia Briggs is good with short stories, which makes this collection all the more enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p>Silver<br \/>\nFairy Gifts (previously published in Naked City)<br \/>\nGray (previously published in Home Improvement: Undead Edition)<br \/>\nSeeing Eye (previously published in Strange Brew)<br \/>\nAlpha and Omega (previously published in On the Prowl)<br \/>\nThe Star of David (previously published in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe)<br \/>\nRoses in Winter<br \/>\nIn Red, with Pearls (previously published in Down These Strange Streets)<br \/>\nRedemption<br \/>\nHollow<br \/>\nOUTTAKE FROM Silver Borne<br \/>\nOUTTAKE FROM Night Broken<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 9.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published by Ace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson (2014) Patricia Briggs I really do like this short story collection. Pleasingly, Patricia Briggs is good with short stories, which makes this collection all the more enjoyable. Silver Fairy Gifts (previously published in Naked City) Gray (previously published in Home Improvement: Undead Edition) Seeing Eye (previously [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[192,18,2,48,148,41,16,934],"tags":[70,69,68,212,655,525],"class_list":["post-6302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-5-10","category-anthology","category-fantasy","category-female","category-queer","category-reread","category-supernatural","category-trigger-warnings","tag-alpha-omega","tag-mercy-thompson","tag-patricia-briggs","tag-ptsd","tag-violence","tag-werewolves"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-1DE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22201,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22201","url_meta":{"origin":6302,"position":0},"title":"Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"September 9, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson, Audio Book (2014) Patricia Briggs narrated by Lorelei King and Alexander Cendese Silver Fairy Gifts (previously published in Naked City) Gray (previously published in Home Improvement: Undead Edition) Seeing Eye (previously published in Strange Brew) Alpha and Omega (previously published in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;8\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Shifting Shadows","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Shifting-Shadows-e1511034985417.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4835,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4835","url_meta":{"origin":6302,"position":1},"title":"Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson","author":"Michelle","date":"September 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson (2014) Patricia Briggs As I've mentioned previously (and repeatedly) I love short stories. They're a hard thing to love sometimes, because there are so many poorly written ones out there. Luckily for me, Patricia Briggs tends to do them well, so\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;9\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"9\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/9-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Shifting-Shadows.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5867,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5867","url_meta":{"origin":6302,"position":2},"title":"Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson","author":"Michelle","date":"May 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson (2014) Patricia Briggs Interspersed with the novels, I read the short stories in Shifting Shadows. Patricia Briggs is quite good at writing short stories, which is why re-reading is such a pleasure. 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