Witches' Brew

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780425186091
• ISBN10: 0425186091
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Berkley Trade

Summary

Throughout history, witches have always enthralled us. Be they good witches or bad witches, ancient sorcerers or modern-day Wiccans, their aura of magic, nature, and power is irresistible. Here, some of the greatest authors of all time are gathered together to stir up a little trouble. These works of prose and poetry capture the witch in all her guises: wicked, empowering, romantic, and pagan. Featuring: Erica Jong Dean Koontz Louise Erdrich William Shakespeare Ursula K. Le Guin Harlan Ellison Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Shirley Jackson W.B. Yeats Brothers Grimm Ben Franklin Emily Brontë Louisa May Alcott Ray Bradbury Anton Chekhov Emily Dickinson H.P. Lovecraft Nathaniel Hawthorne Ambrose Bierce H.P. Blavatsky Mary Coleridge Rosemary Edgehill P.N. Elrod Anita Endrezze Mary Wilkins Freeman David Gerrold M.V. Ingram Mercedes Lackey Cotton Mather Charles Perrault Kathryn Ptacek Doreen Valiente Evelyn Vaughn Lady Wilde

Author Biography

Yvonne Jocks is a romance writer and has also published many short stories.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Yvonne Jocks
The Wicked Witch
Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I	7	(3)
William Shakespeare
The Leather Funnel	10	(12)
SIR Arthur Conan Doyle
Witches' Hollow	22	(14)
H. P. Lovecraft
The Sorcerers	36	(4)
W. B. Yeats
The Horned Women	40	(3)
Lady Wilde
April in Paris	43	(12)
Ursula K. Le Guin
Can the Double Murder?	55	(8)
H. P. Blavatsky
Bridget Bishop	63	(7)
Cotton Mather
A Witch Trial at Mount Holly	70	(2)
Ben Franklin
General Andrew Jackson and the Bell Witch	72	(5)
M. V. Ingram
Witchcraft As Empowerment
The Night	77	(1)
Emily Bronte
Snatcher	78	(15)
Dean Koontz
The Tea Room Beasts	93	(18)
P. N. Elrod
The Witch's Ballad	111	(2)
Doreen Valiente
Feathertop	113	(20)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Witch's Steed	133	(1)
Ambrose Bierce
The Goddess in the Ice	134	(5)
Harlan Ellison
Figure of the Witch	139	(2)
Erica Jong
Fleur	141	(13)
Louise Erdrich
Toads and Diamonds	154	(3)
Charles Perrault
A Pair of Eyes; or, Modern Magic	157	(31)
Louisa May Alcott
Exorcism	188	(13)
Ray Bradbury
Nightside	201	(17)
Mercedes Lackey
The Witch	218	(15)
Anton Chekhov
The Nature Witch
The Witches' Creed	233	(3)
Doreen Valiente
The Sorcerer's Apprentice	236	(4)
Brothers Grimm
The Humming of Stars and Bees and Waves	240	(7)
Anita Endrezze
Witchcraft was hung, in History	247	(1)
Emily Dickinson
The Spell	248	(13)
David Gerrold
The Christmas Witch	261	(4)
Rosemary Edghill
The Strange People	265	(3)
Louise Erdrich
Reunion	268	(9)
Kathryn Ptacek
The Witch's Daughter	277	(6)
Mary Wilkins Freeman
Shall Earth no more inspire thee	283	(2)
Emily Bronte
The Winter Solstice	285	(22)
Evelyn Vaughn
The Witch	307	(2)
Mary Coleridge
The Very Strange House Next Door	309	(14)
Shirley Jackson
Smoke	323
Erica Jong