How do you grieve for a friend with four paws?Rat's tails. Newt's eyes. Hearts of mice. Aubree must harvest them all. But killing is easier said than done. Especially when you've just lost your familiar, and no one understands how you feel.Everything changes for Aubree when she loses her best friend and familiar, Bramble. Life feels more precious: even the smallest creature—a mouse or a newt—now impossible to sacrifice for a potion. But her fellow witches don't understand a...

Experience these powerful new voices—vivid, visceral, and visionary—as they explore uncharted worlds and reveal unlimited possibilities.This 40th anniversary edition of the L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, the bestselling and most widely influential anthology of its kind, brings you 12 strikingly original stories and illustrations―by the best new creative talent in speculative fiction, all winners of the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests...