Books.

Featuring “The Candle and The Grove” by Abigail Ellison

It’s dangerous to go out after dark…

Seventeen year old Sylvan just wants to weave her silks and share them with her best friend Cedar.

But when he doesn’t return from the spider silk groves, she is forced to leave the ring of protective candles around her village and face what roams the dark.

Gaunt trees, the whisper of words unspoken, the cool touch of beings that claim you as their own. Now she must evade these frigid shadows, or else risk never seeing Cedar again.

Can Sylvan find a way to reunite with her best friend, or will they both be consumed by the night?

Voices of the Future Vol 11: Stories of Dreams and Determination