An anthology of stories, poems, and essays on witches and witch-hunts across centuries.
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An anthology of stories, poems, and essays on witches and witch-hunts across centuries.
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The motif of witches and witchcraft is a venerable one in weird fiction, chiefly because the witchcraft panic of the Middle Ages and Renaissance permanently embedded the theme into European society. In this new and expansive anthology, Katherine Kerestman and S. T. Joshi have not only unearthed great stories and poems, old and new, about witches, but also chronicled the witch-hunts that resulted in the unjust deaths of hundreds of thousands of suspected witches over many centuries. Treatises by ...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Minor references to sexual themes in historical witch contexts. Minor historical sexual references to coercion in witch-hunt contexts.
Violence & gore
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Frequent depictions of witch-hunts, torture, and executions.
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources.
Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Moderate focus on historical religious persecution in witch-hunts.
Magic & witchcraft
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Central theme of witches, magic, and occult rituals throughout.
Occult / demonology
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Occult elements present as part of the fantasy magic system.
Political content
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Moderate social commentary on gender, power, and historical injustice.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Frequent focus on systemic cruelty and suffering in witch trials. Minor historical sexual references to coercion in witch-hunt contexts.
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