Chapters tagged witch

by Zeebop

Chapter 33

Leroy had to disentangle himself from his twin to fetch the next candle. He returned to her side, the small black candle in those oddly mismatched hands, and began without preamble: "I call this story... > WITCHMARKED The Carnegie Library on Seventh Ave was built around the tu...

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Chapter 46

"The witch trials in America were long over and done with when Dagon's Hollow rose from a railroad camp," Roberta said. "That is not to say that people had ceased to believe in witches or witchcraft, but the law would not persecute them. Those who felt afflicted and pointed finge...

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Chapter 56

Miu rose and fetched one of the further candles. She did not return immediately to her place in the circle, but stood with her back to the darkness, forcing the others to turn and listen to her. "I have spoken, so far, of isolated incidents. The kind of stories that might accumu...

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Chapter 58

As Anya fetched the next candle, the smartphone in her pocket briefly buzzed before it went silent. "Magic," she said, as she returned to her spot with the dripping candle. "Has always followed the syntax of the era. Once, we thought witches lived in huts, deep in the forest, or...

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Chapter 65

"With all this talk of magic and practitioners," Anya said, as she stepped among the stones to fetch a candle. "It may come as no surprise that Dagon's Hollow attracts a different sort of crazy. Which is how I heard the story of > THE WITCH-HUNTER Amanda was walking home from t...

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Chapter 86

Anya balanced her candle on one knee, then drew up her skirt. Tattooed on her shin were three female faces, the left sides corpse-like and decayed. "Teen sex comedies lie to you. Casual sex on television and in movies lies to you. Getting laid isn't that easy, or that hard. Lots...

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Chapter 93

Anya took up one of the few remaining candles. She passed her palm through the flame a few times, and then held up her left hand to reveal the pentagram tattooed on the back. "It's getting late," she said. "Midnight isn't far away. All the good little boys and girls are asleep i...