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Familiars

by Various · 2002

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Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Jody Lynn Nye, P. N. Elrod, Andre Norton, Gary A. Braunbeck, Josepha Sherman, Michelle West and other tale-spinners stir up a witch's brew of original new stories that prove that cats aren't the only suitable familiars. There are dogs, and humans, and even insects that can handle the job!

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisurban fantasyurban fantasyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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