Hex life : wicked new tales of witchery

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Physical Description:

378 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Genre:

Fantasy fiction.

Summary:

These are tales of witches, wickedness, evil, and cunning. Stories of disruption and subversion by today's women, including Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, and Sherrilyn Kenyon writing in their own bestselling universes. These witches might be monstrous, or they might be heroes, depending on their own definitions. Even the kind hostess with the candy cottage thought of herself as the hero of her own story. After all, a woman's gotta eat.

Contents:

An invitation to a burning / Kat Howard -- Widows' walk / Angela Slatter -- Black Magic Momma / Kelley Armstrong -- The Night Nurse / Sarah Langan -- The Memories of Trees / Mary SanGiovanni -- Home: A Morganville Vampires Story / Rachel Caine -- The Deer Wife / Jennifer McMahon -- The Dancer / Kristin Dearborn -- Bless Your Heart / Hillary Monahan -- The Debt / Ania Ahlborn -- Toil & Trouble / Sherrilyn Kenyon & Madaug Kenyon -- Last Stop on Route Nine / Tananarive Due -- Where Relics Go to Dream and Die / Rachel Autumn Deering -- This Skin / Amber Benson -- Haint Me Too / Chesya Burke -- The Nekrolog / Helen Marshall -- Gold Among the Black / Alma Katsu -- How to become a Witch-Queen / Thodora Goss.

Subject Term:

Magic -- Fiction

Witches -- Fiction.

Paranormal fiction

Good and evil -- Fiction.

Short stories

Short stories, American

Publication Info:

London : Titan Books, 2019.

Subject:

Magic -- Fiction

Witches -- Fiction.

Paranormal fiction

Good and evil -- Fiction.

Short stories

Short stories, American

Fantasy fiction.

Occult fiction

Occult stories

Occultism -- Fiction

Occultism -- Juvenile fiction

Paranormal stories

Parapsychology -- Fiction

Parapsychology -- Juvenile fiction

Supernatural -- Fiction

Supernatural -- Juvenile fiction

Witchcraft -- Fiction

Witchcraft -- Juvenile fiction

Evil

Wickedness

American short stories

SAILS ISBN:

9781789090345

Available:

Library	Shelf Number	Shelf Location	Status
Searching... Mansfield Public Library	FIC HEX	FICTION	Searching... Unknown
Searching... New Bedford Free Public Library	FIC HEX	SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Includes 'How to Become a Witch Queen' shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson Award.
Brand-new stories of witches and witchcraft written by popular female fantasy authors, including Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine and Sherrilyn Kenyon writing in their own bestselling universes!

These are tales of witches, wickedness, evil and cunning. Stories of disruption and subversion by today's women you should fear. Including Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine and Sherrilyn Kenyon writing in their own bestselling universes.

These witches might be monstrous, or they might be heroes, depending on their own definitions. Even the kind hostess with the candy cottage thought of herself as the hero of her own story. After all, a woman's gotta eat...

EIGHTEEN TALES OF WITCHCRAFT FROM THE MISTRESSES OF MAGIC

ANIA AHLBORN
KELLEY ARMSTRONG
AMBER BENSON
CHESYA BURKE
RACHEL CAINE
KRISTIN DEARBORN
RACHEL AUTUMN DEERING
TANANARIVE DUE
THEODORA GOSS
KAT HOWARD
ALMA KATSU
SHERRILYN KENYON
SARAH LANGAN
HELEN MARSHALL
JENNIFER MCMAHON
HILLARY MONAHAN
MARY SANGIOVANNI
ANGELA SLATTER

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Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Witches are both villains and women claiming their power and using it to uplift other women in this capable anthology. The genre ranges from the purely fantastical ("An Invitation to the Burning" by Kat Howard) to the contemporary ("Last Stop on Route Nine" by Tananarive Due). In Hillary Monahan's deliciously satisfying "Bless Your Heart," a Texan mother works magic into her famous seven-layer bars to force the mother of her son's bully to put a stop to the child's torment. Rachel Caine's brief "Home," set in her Morganville Vampire world, starts off leaning toward horror and ends on a surprising note. The collection crosses into the future with "The Memories of Trees" by Mary Sangiovanni, wherein the remnants of current technology are folded into the worship of a new god after the violent death of modern society, and a wise witch relearns how to call on the old gods for help. Though the selections vary widely in theme, women and their power are always at the heart. Nothing here really wows, but fans of witches will find the anthology a pleasant diversion. (Oct.)

Library Journal Review

Are you a good witch or a bad witch? The answer lies in the heart and minds of the witches themselves, whether lauded or condemned. Here, 18 stories by women writers present the shades of gray within witchcraft. In Kat Howard's "An Invitation to a Burning," witches and fire cannot help but be paired. Angela Slatter's "Widow's Walk" shows that a house of older spinsters with strange habits can be exactly what they seem. See another snippet of dark witch Eve Levine's life on the run with her daughter Savannah in Kelley Armstrong's "Black Magic Momma: An Otherworld Story." Witness how unsuccessful witchcraft can still give the same results for ten-year old Frances in Amber Benson's "This Skin." Finally, Theodora Goss reimagines Snow White's path after marriage in "How To Become a Witch Queen." VERDICT Wickedness and white magic, edgy prose, and celebrated authors make this a magical volume that twists and shapes the witch archetype into fascinating, dark tales.--Kristi Chadwick, Massachusetts Lib. Syst., Northampton