I noticed Payback's a Witch when researching genre covers for my own books, The Wheel of the Year series. Payback's cover popped in a long list of Witches & Wizards Romance titles. (Don't judge me for judging a book by its cover!) Someone summed Payback up as Practical Magic meets The L Word. It had me at hello! You could only pre-order at the time, something I rarely do unless I already know the author. (I didn't.) But I took a chance and pre-ordered. An excellent decision.

Given the past couple of years, I might be tempted to change the motto to Keeping Austin in Good Spirits or Keeping Austin Magickal. Thus, I come to WitchFest 2022. I hadn't been to WitchFest since early March 2020, when we were just beginning to hear rumors that COVID-19 was moving into Austin, Texas. I had a premonition it might be my last "real" outing for a while. The first COVID restrictions took effect the next weekend. What I didn't know, and couldn't even imagine, w

The exhibition in Pendle. Credit: ITV News I first heard about the Pendle witches from a novel, The Daughters of Witching Hill, which I read back in 2014. SInce then, they come up every few months in something I read. This was one of those weeks. The 'I am a Witch' exhibition includes a centerpiece memorial created by more than 1,000 women across the world honoring the innocent women persecuted as 'witches' during what is known as the Burning Times. The exhibit is in Lancast

I took several courses on Puritan literature at university, as well as several poetry-writing courses. As a result, I wrote a poem about the Salem Witch Trials. I forget about it for long stretches of time. Then, something brings it to mind. Like this article called Are you a good witch? Sewall was the only judge at the Salem Witch Trials to publicly apologize for his role. There was a warning on that summer day, a little oblique perhaps, but still a warning. A crazy Quaker w

In 1928, two powerful local witches faced off in Pennsylvania Dutch country. The sensational crime and spectacular trial would captivate the world ... it seemed as though the hexes were flying fast and furious. To read about the fascinating world of powwowing and the haunted house that gave rise to this article, click here.

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