Sian Ferguson included ‘Grey Magic’ in a thoughtful piece in Luna Luna magazine.
Wax & Wane
Nosetouch Press‘s ‘Wax & Wane’ is now available to order, and my short story, ‘Grey Magic’ is part of the wicked collection.
Whether wicked or whimsical, few folkloric figures are as iconic as the witch. Wax & Wane: A Gathering of Witch Tales serves up 30 spellbinding stories of witches that are enchanting and terrifying, amusing and enticing. Classic or eclectic, fantastical or historical, these witch tales are a literary incantation to delight any fans of witches and witchcraft.
What I’m Reading: Magic for Beginners
TITLE | Magic For Beginners
AUTHOR | Kelly Link
STAR RATING | 5
ABOUT | In the publisher’s words: ‘An exquisite, dreamlike dispatch from a virtuoso storyteller’; In my words: Surreal short stories that are blackly funny, and that keep surprising you. Inventive and compelling.
WHAT I LOVED ABOUT IT | Everything. This is what Tom Spanbauer calls ‘dangerous writing.’ Also: the illustrations by Shelley Jackson.
WHAT I DIDN’T LOVE ABOUT IT | That it ended.
WHO I’D RECOMMEND IT TO | Anyone who enjoys their fiction a little left of centre.
FAVOURITE QUOTE | [From the story THE CANNON] “I once fornicated with a married woman inside the Sweet Mouth. She was agoraphobic. I said I was agnostic. I said, “Yes, like that […]” and she said, “How do you like this?” and “Watch your head,” and while we were fucking, her husband came up and lit a match, and then we were flying. We sailed out like a grappling shot. I held onto her hips and the tails of her hair and fucked her as we passed over the countryside, and she wrapped her legs around my waist and she fucked me back. When we were finished, we flew along side by side, and she remarked that she was grateful to me and the cannon and her husband. The affair had cured her of her agoraphobia. We fucked some more, to celebrate […]” (p.69)