The Witch and Warlock MEGAPACK ®: 25 Tales of Magic-Users

Lawrence Watt-Evans · C.J. Henderson · Darrell Schweitzer · Joseph Conrad · Janet Fox

Nov 2015 · Wildside Press LLC

About this ebook

Witches and warlocks have been part of the fantasy field since its beginning. After all, you need someone to actually use magic if you're going to have it in your story. And magic-users can appear in any setting, from ancient Rome to the modern world, from imaginary kingdoms to the old Salem colony. Here are 25 tales spanning time and space, with only one things in common (aside from great storytelling): witches and warlocks! Included are:

WITCHES, by Janet Fox
THE TRAP, by Henry S. Whitehead and H.P. Lovecraft
ELOMA'S SECOND CAREER, by Lorie Calkins
SALEM'S CHILDREN, by Mary Leader
THE INN OF THE TWO WITCHES: A FIND, by Joseph Conrad
THE WITCH OF FAITH LANE, by Skadi meic Beorh
YOU SHALL HAVE THIS DELICACY, by Mark McLaughlin
THE CRIMES OF LADY FOWLIS, by Eliza Lynn Linton
THE HORNED WOMEN, by Lady Wilde
THE VOICE IN THE NIGHT, by William J. Wintle
AD GEHENNAM TECUM, by Robert Reginald
LOIS THE WITCH, by Elizabeth Gaskell
THE SIX SKILLS OF MADAME LUMIERE, by Marissa Lingen
THE HOLLOW OF THE THREE HILLS, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
SMALL MAGIC, by Janet Fox
OLD DEB AND OTHER OLD COLONY WITCHES, by William Root Bliss
THE LEGEND OF THE PIPE, by Launcelot
THE JUSTICE-BEARER, by Cynthia Ward
DEMONS ARE A GHOUL'S BEST FRIEND, by M.E. Brines
THE SORCERER EVORAGDOU, by Darrell Schweitzer
SCREAMING IN SILENCE, by C.J. Henderson & Bruce Gehweiler
THE UNBELIEVER, by Janet Fox
THE ROBBERY, by Cynthia Ward
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES, by Lawrence Watt-Evans
BRIGHT STREETS OF AIR, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

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Ratings and reviews

I didn't really expect to get a lot out of this collection... not among my usual categories, but I needed a quick read. There were I few written the century before last (1800's) that I couldn't connect with and skipped, but overall well worth it.

About the author

Born and raised in Massachusetts, Lawrence Watt-Evans has been a full-time writer and editor for more than twenty years. The author of more than thirty novels, over one hundred short stories, and more than one hundred and fifty published articles, Watt-Evans writes primarily in the fields of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comic books. His short fiction has won the Hugo Award as well as twice winning the Asimov's Readers Award. His fiction has been published in England, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Poland, France, Hungary, and Russia He served as president of the Horror Writers Association from 1994 to 1996 and after leaving that office was the recipient of HWA's first service award ever. He is also a member of Novelists Inc., and the Science Fiction Writers of America. Married with two children, he and his wife Julie live in Maryland. C.J. Henderson has written for numerous magazines and newspapers, and is the author of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies for Facts On File and Checkmark Books. He lives in Brooklyn, NY. Author and editor Darrell Schweitzer was born on August 27, 1952. He primarily writes fantasty, horror, and science fiction works, but he also writes literary criticism and edits collections of essays on various writers within his preferred genres. He has published over three hundred short stories. His individual work has been nominated three times for the World Fantasy Award and he received it once as part of the editorial team of Weird Tales.