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Toil & Trouble

15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft

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Toil & Trouble

By: Jessica Spotswood - editor, Tess Sharpe - editor
Narrated by: Amy McFadden
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History is filled with stories of women accused of witchcraft, of fearsome girls with arcane knowledge. Toil & Trouble features 15 stories of girls embracing their power, reclaiming their destinies, and using their magic to create, to curse, to cure - and to kill.

A young witch uses social media to connect with her astrology clients - and with a NASA-loving girl as cute as she is skeptical. A priestess of death investigates a ritualized murder. A bruja who cures lovesickness might need the remedy herself when she falls in love with an altar boy. A theater production is turned upside down by a visiting churel. In Reconstruction-era Texas, a water witch uses her magic to survive the soldiers who have invaded her desert oasis. And in the near future, a group of girls accused of witchcraft must find their collective power in order to destroy their captors.

©2018 Jessica Spotswood & Tess Sharpe (P)2018 Tantor
Fantasy Fiction Literature & Fiction Magic Science Fiction & Fantasy Witchcraft

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A great selection of short stories with only a couple of duds. Something for everyone.

Brilliant

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Loved the narrator too. Brilliant stories each with its own meaning. Definitely worth downloading if you like witchy stuff

Every story is soo good

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