Birds, Reptiles, & Amphibians
**Hemlock (roadrunner):
- “Bird Identity” — writing that goes over being a roadrunner bird
- “Butch as a Bird” — gender in relation to being nonhuman (bird)
*Ilrak (raven & ceratosaurus):
- “About Being Raven & Ceratosaurus Stelliferoforme” — long essay on being raven, ceratosaurus, and stelliferoforme
- “Triple Consciousness” — poetry deeply describing being a black, American raven therian
*Indornaga (swamp indoraptor):
- “Swamp Indoraptor – A Variation” — description of deir indoraptor ‘type written in an objective, observational style
*Noel Sol (neosuchian & dragon):
- “Twisting Intersections” — about being dragon & neosuchian & how those two blend & are separate
*Nomad (deinonychus):
- “Deconstructing the Raptor” — explanation of various ways he experiences being a deinonychus therian
- “On Extinction” — description of being an animal from another time and environment far passed and feeling like the “living remains” of an extinct species
*Quatz (emerald tree boa & resplendent quetzal bird):
- “Iridescent Green Feathers & Scales” — a long essay on being boa and bird (hosted off-site)
- “Feathers & Scales” — describes being a blend of emerald tree boa and resplendent quetzal
*Serpentine Zebra (cobra):
- “Snake Eyes: Living as a Cobra Therian” — a descriptive essay on a rarely written about subject (being a reptile (more specifically snake) therian) that traces from her early recognition of being a cobra to how it manifests as a part of herself
*Shimi (saltwater crocodile):
- “Journals 001” — imagery describing a strong connection & sense of self in crocodiles
- “Journals 002” — comparing selkie lore to therianthropy & some ways the author lives their life as a crocodile therian
- “Nest” — a brief piece on a crocodile’s nest
- “To Love a Crocodile” — third-person description of a crocodile-person spouse
*Sonne (winged theropod (erdvogel)):
- “Designing a Theriotype” — provides description of how I went about narrowing my 4th theriotype’s identity down to a seemingly yet-undiscovered kind of winged theropod; also works as a good example for one method of figuring out specifics of oneself as an extinct theriotype
- “On Wings of a Living Past” — describes various details of what it is like for me to be, therianthropically, a winged theropod, with particular emphasis on understanding and phantom sensations of that theropod’s body
- “Vogel” — poem about experiencing feathered theropod & angel, both as bird-like
*Swift (raven & osprey):
- “Voice Against Value” — brief writing on being raven & osprey in relation to autism