Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars
by editors: Kevin J. Anderson, Allyson Longueira
July 23, 2024
318 pages
You’re familiar with familiars, aren’t you? But familiars have lives, triumphs, sacrifices, epic adventures of their own—and a shadowy underbelly few ever see. Will you?
When the witches and wizards are away, the familiars will play!
Gifted adventurers across time and space often travel with an animal familiar—usually a cat, but possibly other fuzzy, scaly, or prickly creatures. These magical companions lead their humans into mischief, help them out of sticky situations, or offer opinionated commentary along the way.
We're familiar with familiars ... or are we?
Compiled by New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson and award-winning editor Allyson Longueira—and their Publishing graduate students at Western Colorado University—Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars features 26 never-before-published short stories and poems crafted by Mercedes Lackey, Heather Graham, Jody Lynn Nye, John Hartness, Steve Rasnic Tem, and many others.
You’ll love this collection kitty-littered with surprises at every turn. Some stories are whimsical, some are sad, some will tug at your heartstrings—and some will stay with you long after you close this book.
From mischievous cats to cunning ravens, skittering spiders to—a cow?—these feisty familiars will take you on a magical trip to places even wizards don’t tread.
“The Dragon’s Cat” by Jody Lynn Nye
“So Burn Us Both” by Lisse Kirk
“Trial By Cow” by Andrew Rucker Jones
“Blackwood’s Tomb” by Joseph Floyd
“The Ritualist and the Hedge Wizard” by Kit Calvert
“Beneath the Wings of Night” by Ngo Binh Anh
Khoa
“Kitten For Sale” by Aster Marsh
“The Dreamer” by M. Lalli Lassegard
“A Rat, a Root, and a Big Orange Fruit” by Zach Shephard
“Second Life” by Christina Sng
“The Witching Hour Letters” by Amanda Cecelia Lang & Brittany Peshek
“The Familiar’s Familiar” by Maegan Langer
“The Cat a pantoum” by Sandy White
“Some Spider” by Pines Callahan
“Scary, Scary Skunk” by Heather Graham
“Orphans” by Matt Beswick
“The Last Life of Hilde the Small” by Jessica Feather
“And Have Never Forgotten” by Mercedes Lackey
“Fluffy” by T. Chandler
“Earth, Bonding” by Kerri J. Roe
“Not Common” by Lois Bartholomew
“The Secret of the Sorceress” by Alexander Hay
“Sink or Swim” by Rebecca M. Senese
“Old Crow” by Steve Rasnic Tem
“Tail-End” by Lia Wu
“Renfield” by John Hartness
From mischievous cats to cunning ravens, skittering spiders to—a cow?—these feisty familiars will take you on a magical trip to places even wizards don’t tread.
This anthology is the fifth produced by Kevin J. Anderson’s Publishing graduate students as part of their thesis work in the Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Western Colorado University.
Monday, July 22, 2024
New Release: Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars Anthology
Kevin
J. Anderson has published more than 175 books, 58 of which have been
national or international bestsellers. He has written numerous novels in
the Star Wars, X-Files, and Dune universes, as well as a unique
steampunk fantasy trilogy beginning with Clockwork Angels, written with
legendary roc2k drummer Neil Peart. His original works include the Saga
of Seven Suns series, the Wake the Dragon and Terra Incognita fantasy
trilogies, the Saga of Shadows trilogy, and his humorous horror series
featuring Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. He has edited numerous anthologies,
written comics and games, and the lyrics to two rock CDs. Anderson is
the director of the graduate program in Publishing at Western Colorado
University. Anderson and his wife Rebecca Moesta are the publishers of
WordFire Press. His most recent novels are Clockwork Destiny, Gods and
Dragons, Dune: The Lady of Caladan (with Brian Herbert), and Slushpile
Memories: How NOT to Get Rejected.
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