The Carrion Gods in Their Heaven is a story collected in [[The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All]] and revolves around Lorna and [[Miranda]] who start living together in a hunting shack in the wilderness near [[Olympia, WA|Olympia]] ([[Washington State]]) while waiting for Lorna's abusive husband's trial. Miranda finds an old, stitched-together hide cloak and undergoes some sort of animal transformation when wearing it. Miranda Carson disappears in [[Parallax]] and is briefly mentioned in [[Hallucigenia]] where she is described as a local celebrity who makes wax sculptures. The story [[The Carrion Gods in Their Heaven]] features a woman named Miranda who lives in a shack together with her lover Lorna. It's uncertain wether this is the exact same person, but the following description implies that she is: "Miranda was a semi-retired artist; acclaimed in certain quarters and much in demand for her wax sculptures. She cheerfully set up a mini studio in the spare bedroom, strictly to keep her hand in. Photography was her passion of late and she'd brought along several complicated and expensive cameras. She was also the widow of a once famous sculptor." (The Beautiful Thing That Awaits us All) #Story #Beautiful