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Toil & Trouble is a bi-annual online literary magazine run by a practising witch with a penchant for creative writing. We launched in October 2022. Together, we can celebrate each other through the magical act of writing. Let's cause some toil and trouble!

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ISSUE 06: EARTH is available
to read
NOW!

Since the dawn of time, the earth has provided us with all we need. Whether you use herbs in your practice to make spells, in your cooking to fill your belly, in your home as decoration – from wooden furniture to the simple vase of flowers adopt it – it is undeniably necessary and undeniably precious. How incredible that we are able to turn all these resources into trinkets that make us happy, houses that shelter us, meals that feed us! But there is, of course, a darker side to our everyday lives...

SPRING ISSUE:

January 01 2027 - February 14 2027

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WINTER ISSUE:

July 18 2026 - August 31 2026

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