Haunted Waters Interview: "The Wind Witch of Weird Water Harbour" by Steve Vernon. A misty blue lake seen through dark tree branches, with pink and red leaves scattered across the shadowed forest floor.

Interview: “The Wind Witch of Weird Water Harbour” by Steve Vernon

In “The Wind Witch of Weird Water Harbour,” Steve Vernon spins a salt-soaked fable of pride, punishment, and the price of a bargain struck with forces older than the sea. When Captain Donny Parsons accepts a leather cord with three knots of captured wind from Gusty Annie—the Wind Witch—he sets in motion a storm that…