"Familiar Feeling" from "In A Flash 2020"

Story excerpt

The lead-off story in “In A Flash 2020” by Christopher J. Burke (eSpec Books) takes place at the Carrowmore School for Magic and Wizardry, somewhere north of New York City. Second year students summon their first familiars. Or attempt to, at any rate. What the results will be, who can say?

Here is a sample of the story: