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Words of the Witches
Yvonne Jocks, Maggie Shayne, Jen Sokoloski, Evelyn Vaughn
Magical short stories by eleven wise women.
Welcome to the world of Witches. Here, collected for the
first
time, are new works of short fiction by modern-day Witches
and their friends.
These contemporary tales will both entertain and illuminate
the reader about
the reality of Witchcraft and what modern magic truly
entails.
Table of Contents ¨ Introduction by Yvonne Jocks
¨ "Anytown, USA" by Maggie Shayne
¨ Spell to Promote Healing & Tolerance in Your
Community by Maggie Shayne (Spell)
¨ "Angel Web" by Carol Lynn Stewart
¨ Clearing and Grounding by Carol Lynn Stewart
(Spell)
¨ "A Reverence for Trees" by Lorna Tedder
¨ Lorna's Calm & Sleep Inducer by Lorna Tedder
(Spell)
¨ "Psyche's Tears" by Charlotte Brisbon
¨ Meg Bradley's Purification Incense by Charlotte
Brisbon (Spell)
¨ "At Midnight in the Garden of the Gods" by Pamela
Luzier
¨ "I Am" by Charolotte Brisbon (Poem)
¨ "The Spelling Error" by Jen Sokoloski
¨ Pagan Family Values by Jen Sokoloski (Spell)
¨ "Tambourine Moon" by Zelina Winters
¨ A Spell for Seeing Your Path of Destiny by Zelina
Winters (Spell)
¨ "The Letter" by Celia Moon
¨ Magickal Housecleaning by Maggie Shayne (Spell)
¨ "The Reluctant Psychic" by Valerie Taylor
¨ Mom's Charm and Ritual by Valerie Taylor (Spell)
¨ "A Solitary Path" by Evelyn Vaughn
¨ Star Trek Time-Travel Survival Spells by Evelyn
Vaughn (Spell)
¨ "The Iron Bride" by Rosemary Edghill
¨ Author Biographies
Hear now the words of the witches,
The secrets we hid in the night,
When dark was our destiny's pathway,
That now we bring forth into light....
From "The Witches' Creed"
Doreen Valiente
Introduction
By Yvonne Jocks
Good Witches. Magical powers. Bubbling cauldrons
and moonlight rituals. Most people believe these are the
stuff of fairy tales and fantasies.
Most people are wrong.
Welcome to a collection of stories and wisdom by
modern-day Witches and their friends which may just set the
record straight. Unlike some pure fantasy stories, these
will not only entertain you, but do so while showing what
Witchcraft and Modern Magick are really about.
Do real Witches ride through the night on
broomsticks? Wiggle their noses to make things appear?
Worship the devil? Put curses on their enemies?
No.
Do they work real magick, foretell the future, heal
the sick?
Yes.
Do they have hopes, dreams, and heartaches like the
rest of us? Absolutely! But sometimes, it takes a little
magic to set things back on course.
This collection of stories, by a mix of both
established and new authors, shows the variety of the
modern Craft of the Wise. Some of them, like Maggie
Shayne's Anytown, USA, could have been lifted from the
headlines. Others, like Rosemary Edgehill's The Iron Bride
reveal what headlines might not always tell. Many of the
Witches you'll meet are still seekers, like Val Taylor's
Reluctant Psychic, just finding their path. Others, as in
Zelina Winter's poignant Tambourine Moon, introduce Witches
from old traditions indeed. Most importantly, all of the
women within these stories, from a despairing wife in Lorna
Tedder's Reverence for Trees to a wife who may regret her
magical victory in Celia Moon's The Letter, are not simply
Witches. They are real women and men.
Enjoy the words these Witch and Witch-friendly
authors have to tell. If they bring you entertainment, that
is enough. If they haunt you with a sense of unexpected
familiarity, even better. Either way, enjoy the
magic.
And believe.
Yvonne Jocks & friends
(aka Evelyn Vaughn)
Summer 2001
Berkley, August 2002
ISBN #0425184978
320 pages Trade Size
$13.00
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