Story spotlight: “Lizards and Lying Men” by T. Thorn Coyle

    Dagger was working as as stripper. Less stress than the witchcraft her grandmother kept pushing her toward. Then a man in distress showed up at her favorite cafe. The lizards weren’t far behind him.       “Lizards and Lying Men” is in the Witches’ Brew bundle. You can learn more on BundleRabbit,…

Story spotlight: “Midnight Oil” by Lisa Silverthorne

    Mistaken identities, misplaced sympathies, and witches on the eve of Beltane.   And the man caught between Halloween magic and mayhem.             “Midnight Oil” is in the Witches’ Brew bundle. You can learn more on BundleRabbit, Goodreads, and the bundle’s Facebook page. Collections With Stories by This Author…

Story spotlight: “All Hallow’s Hangover” by Annie Reed

Teddy woke up the day after Halloween with the mother of all hangovers. The kind that comes complete with wagging tail and a lack of opposable thumbs. Tabby owns a magic shop that carries just what Teddy needs, but Tabby’s dealing with her own brand of post-holiday hangover. The last thing she wants in her…

Story spotlight: “Domestic Magic” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

  At a high school for the magical, the most picked-on kid dreams about J. Rutherford Wisenhaur II killing people with a fire spell. She knows her nightmares portend the future, but her domestic magic lacks the power to do most difficult spells. To make matters worse, no one will believe her. So, what’s a…

Story spotlight: “The Ballad of Molly McGee” by DeAnna Knippling

Witches weave curses out of words; the less you use ‘em, the more powerful they are. Blessings are weaker—but you can use them more often, wear them in like shoes. Judith’s red-headed granddaughter Molly, also a witch, curses her way through life, and now look at her—pregnant, a widow, and an adulteress with the spirit…

Story spotlight: “Cauldron Bubble” by Rebecca M. Senese

Mathilde Blackmore needs to move out of her mother’s house pronto, but her new home has to meet some specific requirements in order Young witch Malinda Hazelthorn excels with the wand but sucks at potions work. So naturally her project for the Witches and Warlocks Special Exhibit demands both. As if that isn’t enough, a…

Bundle story: “Can You See the Real Me?” by Sèphera Girón

Welcome to the eighties! A time when going off to University signified true independence, smoking in the dorm rooms, and partying. Tia has her eye on the resident hottie, Dana. Although she’s not terribly pretty, she hopes she can entice him in other ways. Find out what happens behind closed residence room doors in this…

Bundle story: “The Hutsu Hunter” by Valerie Brook

In the ancient world of Gwyndor, the mysterious legends of the hutsu hunters are passed down by oral tradition. They are the centenarians of the Northern Peaks, the witch hunters who protect the land from practitioners of the darkest arts—man, woman, or otherworldly. Wynd is a hutsu, and she wears the battle scars to prove…

Bundle story: “The Bifurcated Man” by Louisa Swann

Celia Briggs. Daughter, assistant,and apprentice to San Francisco’s most successful personage, the venerable Dr. Joseph Briggs, physician and warlock extraordinaire. Celia detests the new constable in town, but when an unusual corpse shows up on the autopsy table, she tries to set aside her dislike and help track down the killer, a task that would…