Peter S. Beagle (www.peterbeagle.com) is the author of the beloved classic The Last Unicorn, as well as the novels A Fine and Private Place, The Innkeeper's Song, and Tamsin. He has won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Mythopoeic awards. His most recent book is collection The Line Between. Upcoming are several new novels, including I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons and Summerlong.
Many fantasy tales involve transformation of one kind or another. In the moving and erudite story which follows, Beagle shows how a seemingly normal man can change from one thing to another, and what that says about how we decide who we are and what it means to the people around us. It is one of the very finest stories of his long, distinguished career.