Familiars - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0756400813 ISBN 13: 9780756400811

Publisher: DAW, 2002

Synopsis

A collection of fifteen original fantasy tales explores the world of magic, witches, and familiars in an anthology featuring works by Andre Norton, Josepha Sherman, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Jody Lynn Nye, P. N. Elrod, Bill McCay, Susan Sizemore, John Helfers, and other acclaimed authors. Original.

About this title

About the Author:

Denise Little worked for Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton Bookseller for many years, first as a bookstore manager, then as their national book buyer for romance, science fiction, and fantasy fiction. She then joined Kensington Publishing, where she edited her own line of romance, Denise Little Presents. She's currently executive editor at Tekno Books.

From Booklist:

The editor of Creature Fantastic (2001) and similar anthologies proffers 15 original stories featuring a pleasing assortment of magical familiars, or companions, not all of which are animals. Among the contributors are Jody Lynn Nye, Laura Resnick, Andre Norton, Bill McCay, John Helfers, and Josepha Sherman. Story subjects include a familiar with its own familiar; First Cat Socks; a college student who regresses to a previous life as a dog; the desperate struggle of a warlock and his dog against Cotton Mather; a California valley girl trapped in a sword; a Mae West Highland White dog; and a cutthroat saleswoman who is reincarnated as a rat to atone for her wrong-doings. The book concludes with an intricate, exciting novelette in which virtual and actual reality come into conflict. Although the emphasis is on humor throughout the collection, there is enough variety in it to please a broad range of fantasy readers. Sally Estes
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About this edition

• Publisher: DAW
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0756400813
• ISBN 13: 9780756400811
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Little Denise