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BURN THE WITCH • by Ronald M Larsen

July 17, 2020Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

“This woman is a witch!” boomed Reverend Josephus Drage. Reverend Drage, for six months now the vicar of Fellwood, preached fear and punishment — much easier for him than preaching hope and redemption, as they were more fitting to the… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories plague, Ronald M. Larsen, witches

TRICK OR TREAT • by M O Bishop

October 28, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

As Amanda skimmed over the rooftops and trees, she cursed for the umpteenth time that she must do so on a broomstick. She could fly equally well without sitting on a damn piece of wood. But no, public perception said… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories courage, Halloween, M O Bishop, witches

THE WITCH’S APPRENTICE • by Elliott Gish

August 29, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“I want to be a witch,” said the girl. She was a young thing, plump and pale as milk, with watery eyes that barely qualified as blue. As ordinary-looking as it was possible for a child to be without turning… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Elliott Gish, following dreams, witches

EVERY HOUR WAS WITCHING HOUR • by Leo X. Robertson

August 16, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

After our first month together, Naomi said she loved me. I’m used to that. Not to say I’m special. At least not for the reason exes have always given — or would give, if they were honest. I suspected Naomi… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Leo X. Robertson, time travel, witches

MY HUSBAND IS A FROG • by Chelsea Hanna Cohen

August 10, 2015Every Day Fiction 29 Comments

When we go to sleep, everything is normal. When I wake up, my husband is a frog. I know it’s him by his little froggy eyes, which look at me just the way my husband’s did. “Did” or “do”? Do… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Chelsea Hanna Cohen, frogs, marriage, transformation, witches

THE HAIR CLUB FOR FAIRYTALE PRINCESSES • by Heather Morris

March 4, 2015Every Day Fiction 44 Comments

It is supposed to be the princes who go bald. They are Charming or Galant or Dauntless — looks don’t enter into it. They might even turn out to be distinguished with receding hairlines, or at the very least a… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Beauty and the Beast, Heather Morris, Rapunzel, royalty, Snow White, witches

THE QUICKENING TREE • by Sarah Crysl Akhtar

February 22, 2014Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

Straight to the heart of the wood she brought me, where oak and beech grow thick — but it was under a rowan tree she set the basket down. “Mushrooms enough for the king’s army, if you stir yourself to… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Sarah Crysl Akhtar, witches

THE SCURRILOUS AARDVARKS OF ZEPHANIAH TWINKLE • by Stephen Duffin

July 28, 2013Every Day Fiction 7 Comments

Howling in rage, Zephaniah Twinkle hurled his wand at the crumbling, leather-bound Trollpuddle’s Compendium of Arcane Spells and Ritual. Sparks flew as burnished oak bounced off faded pages of vellum. Zephaniah wrinkled his nose, inhaling the sickly stench of rotting… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories aardvarks, Stephen Duffin, witches, wizards

LONG NIGHT OF THE WITCH • by R.F. Marazas

March 3, 2010Every Day Fiction 18 Comments

Charles refused to go. Calliope insisted. Since waking this morning, he understood it had something to do with the witch thing. He sensed Calliope bolting upright in their bed, heard her astonished whisper. “Of course, the Winter Solstice! Return of… Continue Reading →

Stories, Surreal blindness, R.F. Marazas, sacrifice, Winter Solstice, witches

GREEDY • by Stephanie Siebert

October 18, 2008Every Day Fiction 16 Comments

I remember well the day I crossed the old woman. We sat in her kitchen, drinking tea from old chipped cups. The sun shone hot through the sliding glass door and fell across a scrawny grayish lavender plant and a… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories Stephanie Siebert, witches

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