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> To call what I am feeling a 'crush' feels inexact. It is not puppy love. It is not new relationship energy. It is not lust. It is an uncontrollable romantic desire.
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> It is not grounded in our friendship or my attraction to her. It is more of an obsession. A desperate need for her to feel the same way about me. A craving. A pang. A wildness of the heart that is as frightening as it is pleasant.
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> It is an unmoored, unmooring thing, drawing me ever upwards in lazy, undirected arcs almost --- *almost* --- against my will, ever closer to the sun.
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Six tales of love. Six tales of need, of desire, of how to live with the ones you cannot live without. Sawtooth may be a nothing town in a flyover state, but those that live there are no less real for it. They bear all the same emotions as anyone else, have all the same needs.
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<a href="https://makyo.itch.io/a-wildness-of-the-heart">Order ebook</a>
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<a href="https://makyo-ink.square.site/product/awoth/8">Order paperback</a>
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<a href="https://baddogbooks.com/product/a-wildness-of-the-heart-limerant-object-and-other-stories/" target="_blank">Order ebook from BadDogBooks</a><br/>
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<a href="https://furplanet.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=1188" target="_blank">Order paperback from FurPlanet</a>
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<em>Also available for many internet retailers, but consider supporting small businesses!</em>
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Much of the book is available to read for free online if you are unable to afford purchasing, because the global panoramic is still a thing
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## Contents
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{{< works corpus="works" >}}
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## Praise
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> I'm struck by how, after finishing the collection, it feels like I've witnessed a ritual.
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--- [*Rob MacWolf*](https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4277367183)
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> Scott-Clary builds a world readers can fall into as though it were their own, and again shows that slice-of-life, even political looks at the world around us are still necessary within our contemporary moment.
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--- [Brandy Lewis](https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R14R9SFQ169T2/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1948743213)
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> [A] deep dive into the often uncomfortable emotions surrounding the process of admitting love to yourself.
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--- [Nenekiri Bookwyrm](https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4343468157)
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> If you like your coyotes Catholic and angsty, check it out . . . I can't speak highly enough of her writing.
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--- [Southpaws Podcast](https://southpawscast.podbean.com/e/episode-502-they-re-not-grrreat/) (1:20 to 2:30)
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> A poignant reflection on the complicated feelings that nearly all people grapple with during at least some points in our lives, brimming with romantic passion and yet constructed with a mature restraint, and possessing a subtle intimacy that permeates nearly every page, A Wildness of the Heart manages something truly special. . .
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--- [Furry Book Review](https://furrybookreview.com/wildness-of-the-heart/)
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### Content Warnings
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*Jump* contains mentions of sex and emotional abuse. *Limerent Object* contains strong religious themes. *Gigs* contains mentions of misogyny. *Sorting Laundry* contains mentions of transphobia. *Foxes and Milkshakes* contains homophobia.
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