A King of Cats Comes Home

The hills where Ezekial and I now stood were older even than the things that lurked in the forest. Here, the bones of the earth knitted together under moss and fern—so different from the world of city streets and closed doors I knew as a child with my mother, although she was the first to…

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Melissa Marr

Melissa Marr writes fiction for adults, teens, and children. Her books have been translated into twenty-eight languages and have been bestsellers in the US and abroad. Her internationally bestselling Wicked Lovely series was re-issued in 2024 by HarperFire. If she’s not writing, you can find her in a kayak or on a trail with her wife.

Daniel Reneau

Daniel Reneau is a Denver-based illustrator skilled in digital and traditional mediums, and specializes in horror, fantasy, science fiction, and comic book illustration. He is the co-creator of the graphic novel Zombiraq, a winner of the 2013 L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Award, and a graduate of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Learn more at DanielReneauArtist.com.


First Featured In: No. 25, winter 2025

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