Abstract
To See the Wolf is a collection of seven short stories drawing from traditions of folklore and fairytale storytelling, with an attention to narrative structures, themes of transformation, and rural Idaho landscapes. The fairytale genre is inherently feminine, made so in the way it centers narratives of young women and from its historical conception in the mouths of mothers and sisters and neighbors filling time by speaking stories and passing stories down. Following the feminine oral tradition of the genre, the works of short fiction in To See the Wolf center narration as integral to the function of story. Pieces throughout the collection turn conscious attention to narration as the palpable act of storytelling provides a foundation upon which to unearth female voices and experience. Continuing in fairytale tradition, this collection also centers themes of transformation, which cannot be divorced from parallel lines of blood and violence as imposed by history, society, and the body, and yet remain a space for autonomy and reconciliation. Here, tender female bodies in crisis seek agency through the transformation of their bodies, narratives, and surroundings as this work examines the mutability of female experience and the spaces that contain it.