In Animal Soulmates: Stories of the Intimate Bond Between Humans and Animals, author and activist, Brenda Peterson, draws upon her lifelong relationship with animals, and the bond between the two species.

The following includes her stories, "The Whale Who Adopted a Village," "The Dog Who Saved My Life," "When Wolves Return," "Animal Soulmates," and "Leopard and Silkie."

These stories can be found online at:

https://substack.com/@bpetersonauthor/note/c-187442159?r=3y67rn&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web

https://substack.com/inbox/post/183374182?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

https://substack.com/inbox/post/183456061?r=3y67rn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

https://bsp808.medium.com/animal-soulmates-857c4b90a3eb

For more information on Brenda's novels, stories and essays, please visit www.BrendaPetersonBooks.com and bpetersonauthor.substack.com.

Cover photo credits include Dusan Veverolog (Unsplash.com), Tracey Conway (Husky pups), and Bob Peterson (Brenda Peterson with Mayauk, from the story "Beluga Baby” updated in Wild Chorus) from the anthology EdgeWalking on the Western Rim, Sasquatch Press.

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Brenda Peterson is the critically acclaimed author of over 20 books, including the novel Duck and Cover, a New York Times “Notable Book of the Year,” now in audiobook. Her memoir, I Want to Be Left Behind: Finding Rapture Here on Earth was chosen as an Indie Next “Best Top Read” and named among the “Top Ten Best Non-Fiction Books of the Year” by The Christian Science Monitor. Forbes chose Peterson’s Wolf Nation as a “Best Conservation Book of the Year. Library Journal gave Peterson’s new book, Wild Chorus: Finding Harmony with Whales, Wolves, and Other Animals a starred review and Independent Publishers awarded it a gold medal for “Save the Planet.” Peterson lives on the Salish Sea in Seattle, Washington. For more information on Brenda's novels, stories and essays, please visit www.BrendaPetersonBooks.com and bpetersonauthor.substack.com.