In this special edition guest-edited by Signe Maene we look at the folklore and folk stories associated with animals, beasts and familiars.  Our guests are Terri Windling, Zoe Gilbert, Willow Winsham, Icy Sedgewick and Natalja Saint-Germain Thank you to Signe Maene, Terri Windling, Zoe Gilbert, Willow Winsham, Icy Sedgwick and Natalja Saint German for being out guests on the podcast today.  We’ve posted links so you can find out more about our guests and follow their blogs, podcasts, websites and social media as part of these show notes.  Find out more about our guests by visiting their websites, listening to their podcasts and following them on social media   Signe Maene https://signemaene.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/MaeneSigne Instagram https://www.instagram.com/signemaene/ Signe also co-edits the Wyrd Wednesday hashtag on twitter which you can follow here https://twitter.com/WyrdWednesday  Terri Windling https://www.terriwindling.com/ Twitter  https://twitter.com/terriwindling Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bumblehillstudio/  Zoe Gilbert http://zoegilbert.com/zoe-gilbert/ Twitter https://twitter.com/mindandlanguage Zoe teaches creative writing, often with a folkloric twist, with London Lit Lab.  Find out more here  https://www.londonlitlab.co.uk/  Icy Sedgewick https://www.icysedgwick.com/ where you can link to her books and her wonderful Fabulous Folklore Podcast Twitter https://twitter.com/icysedgwick Instagram https://www.instagram.com/icysedgwick/  Willow Winsham You can find Willow’s books for sale here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Willow-Winsham/e/B01DR996L4%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Twitter https://twitter.com/WillowWinsham And follow Folklore Thursday which she co-runs with Dee Dee Chainey here https://twitter.com/FolkloreThurs  Natalja Saint-Germain Twitter https://twitter.com/bjorn_stjerne Instagram https://www.instagram.com/natalja_stgermain/ Natalja also co-hosts the Swamp Sunday hashtag on twitter which you can follow here https://twitter.com/swampsunday  You can listen to all our folklore and fairytale podcasts via this podchaser link https://www.podchaser.com/lists/folklore-and-fairytale-on-alternative-stories-107a9Gdi9h