Where My Witches At?
Auspiciously, a few years back, I found a well written, darkly humorous compilation of short stories titled Witches Brew and edited by Yvonne Jocks. The book contains the work of Yeats, Ursula Le Guin, Emily Bronte, Shirley Jackson, Louise Erdich, Ray Bradbury, Dean Koontz, and Anton Chekov, to name a few. It is divided into three sections: The Wicked Witch, Witchcraft as Empowerment, and The Nature Witch. As I am reading, I see some of myself in those intensely sly and seriously clear eyed characters. Cackle cackle! I know this is off the subject, but some things have gotten so tight around me that I would vote for Christine O'Donnell if she were a good enough witch and I lived in her district. This world could use some righteous magic. "I Am Not a Witch..." (psychologytoday.com) Too bad. What might be be acceptable fun is rereading some good old horror stories such as Bram Stoker's Dracula or Mary Shelly's Frank...