What Happens Next

by Fred Patten (Editor), M.C.A. Hogarth (Contributor), Ken Pick (Contributor)

“… and they lived happily ever after. The End.”
Do they really? The best stories always leave you wanting more. What happens to the charismatic characters next? It is hard to believe, after all the adventures they have gone through, that life will be trouble-free for them forever after. Even if they do live happily ever after, what are the details?

What Happens Next is a collection of 11 stories which follow up and expand on the worlds created in previous stories. They include:

Second by M.C.A. Hogarth
Festival of Vampires by Brock Hoagland
False Doctrine by Kevin Frane
Reflections of Things to Come by Kristin Fontaine
Immolation by Michael H. Payne
Pick-up at the Hanging Drop by Jenner
Blackest Before the Dawn by Elizabeth McCoy
The Magi Decree by Chuck Melville
Game of Fox and Rabbit by Ken Pick
Sibling Rivalry by Kyell Gold
The Monkeytown Raid by Roz Gibson

424 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2013

About the author

Fred Patten was an American writer and historian known for his work in the science fiction, fantasy, anime, manga, and furry fandoms through both print and online books, magazines, and other media.

Reviews

[Jay Lonewolf · Rating 4 out of 5]

"What Happens Next" is a good book over all and has inspired me to read many more works by the authors I discovered in it. The stories are all stand alone and very well written in their own regards. As can be seen by the time it took me to read this, I would read a story and put the book down to go find more works by an author then come back to read the next story.

On the down side, as I was afraid would happen, I felt a little thrown into some of the stories; and as would be expected by the title, I feel that I should have looked up the authors to read their previous works first. On the plus side, the stories by the authors that I was already well versed in made great additions to their respective universes, and once I read into some of the new authors their stories fell nicely into place. I look forward to reading more by all the authors and to find more books like this in the future.

[Karen-Leigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Furry stories, I bought it specifically for a Cluny the squirrel mage story by Michael Payne (wish this series were collected in a single novel). The other stories were unusual to me and interesting.

[Watts Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This anthology features (mostly) new stories connected to previously published stories from furry fandom's past. While it's uneven in some respects, it's a good introduction to some of the most popular characters and settings. The standouts are Kevin Frane's "False Doctrine," Michael Payne's "Immolation," Elizabeth McCoy's "Blackest Before the Dawn" and M.C.A. Hogarth's "Second."

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