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Two kinds of people inhabit my world: Those with loads of magic and those with little or none. The Haves - usually warlords and their henchmen - use their arcane abilities to keep the Have Nots firmly squashed beneath their enchanted thumbs. Unfortunately, I fall into the second category. The only thing worse in this lawless and brutal world than being magically stunted? Being a woman. On my own since age 11, I stayed alive by posing as a boy, stealing to keep my belly full, and never lingering in one place for long. Until I picked the wrong gang to filch a loaf of bread from.

The 32nd edition of Writers of the Future may be the best new book yet! Brand-new adventure through space, time, and possibility. Along the way these new authors will introduce you to fascinating characters such as Nate, a very loyal companion - like most werewolves would be. Keanie has a parasite that lets her morph and so transform into anyone. Liz owns a dinosaur maker, but raw ingredients can be a problem. Anna slaves away in a factory but her magic leaves her unfulfilled. These authors take creative writing to a whole new level!

After having her body inhabited by an arrogant womanizer from another dimension, Hailey Parrish had to adjust to the supernatural powers he left behind. If occasional temper-induced destructiveness and the ability to change into a hawk weren’t problematic enough, she saved the parallel dimension of Coursodon from a megalomaniac from an unknown third dimension by transforming into an over-sized, flame-spewing, winged beast. Was her transformation into Birdzilla a one-time fluke, or will her hometown have its own version of the Loch Ness Monster?

Thanks to a "magical transplant" from inter-dimensional enforcer Sebastian Kess, Hailey Parrish can transform into a hawk. When someone begins dismembering hikers along the Appalachian Trail, Sebastian, and Hailey's main squeeze Alex Sunderland, make use of her feathery talents to pursue the killer. Unfortunately, like most things in Hailey's life, there is nothing ordinary about the assignment.

Imagine Monty Python writes horror...Welcome to the wonderfully horrific world of Bizarro - that dark, forbidding corner of the horror genre where absolutely anything goes and one may delve into the farthest recesses of the authors' warped imaginations. Prepare yourself, dear listener, for a journey into the unknown reaches of terror, from which you can only hope you will return with your sanity intact...