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FREAKY FLASH FRIDAY: A Modern Witch Takes the Train by Marie-Louise McGuinness

The train shudders and warm chardonnay bounces from the can onto my A-line skirt. Inches from my head a canopy of swinging branch arms...

FREAKY FLASH FRIDAY: Sisters by Kim Hart

“Bring out your dead!” Raking slender fingers through raven hair in frustration, Laurel scowled at the scene beyond her window. She knew...

FFF: Being an Accurate Account of the General Meeting of the Witches/Warlocks Council by Alex Grehy

Full title: Being a True and Accurate Account of the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Witches/Warlocks Council December 2022 A free...

FREAKY FLASH FRIDAY: Ninety Seconds to Midnight by Ashley McCurry

I call my friend to warn her that the Doomsday Clock is predicting imminent annihilation. “But it’s been at ninety seconds for decades,”...

FREAKY FLASH FRIDAY: How I Discovered the Fire Demon in my Basement by Eric A. Clayton

I have no idea how long he was sitting there. “The mail hasn’t come yet.” I jumped. My skin itched, a million invisible spiders suddenly...

FREAKY FLASH FRIDAY: Dawn Visitors by Lisa Williams

I was grateful you’d warned me they were coming. The cottage felt the thud of hooves on the mossy forest floor before anything else. It...

FREAKY FLASH FRIDAY: The Girl in The Mirror by Lori D'Angelo

I didn't talk to the girl in the mirror, at least not at first. Even though we looked alike, we were not the same. I didn't know where...

FREAKY FLASH FRIDAY: Hierbas, Veladoras, and Other Necessary Stuff by Abigail Guerrero

Welcome, my sweet child, come in, close the door, look over here. I have everything you ever wanted, and some other things you didn’t...

FREAKY FLASH FRIDAY: Bells for Silvado by Elizabeth Murphy

A megadrought parched the lake, uncovering the ancient village of Silvado where, according to popular legend, hundreds drowned after a...

6 Magical Children's Books Witches Will Love

Cauldrons and black cats, brooms and spells, warts on noses and horrible cackles. From Mildred Hubble in The Worst Witch to the Wicked...

FREAKY FLASH FRIDAY: Consequences by Julio Rainion

TRIGGER WARNING: contains mentions of self-harm and overall self-destructive madness, the loss of a child, death, and body horror...

FREAKY FLASH FRIDAY: Grace by Amruta Gaiki

I always look at a tree with wonder...

Starting a Literary Magazine: Why & How?

The most common question I’ve been asked as founder and editor-in-chief of Toil & Trouble Literary Magazine is: “Why and how did you do it?”

FREAKY FLASH FRIDAY: Upon Reading “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Lindsay Pelliccia

I stand in the middle of the small room that smells of mildew and listen to the dog barking next door in long exaggerated howls. I wonder...

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