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Making Light of Things
I tried an incantation I’d found from another internet forum, and it worked a little too well. I had to stand on a chair to get the bin down from the ceiling. But I tried the disillusionment spell and, joy of joys, it actually worked! So I tried again and put a little less magical… Continue reading
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The Sparrow and the Professor
Jacob looked delighted. “Would you like a cup of tea? The staffroom’s normally deserted and I so rarely get to talk to…” “A fellow witch?” “If you say so…” Continue reading
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Putting things right
What does an unemployed witch do with her time? I decided to tidy up the shed. It’s a little stone building and might be good for storing potions, if I decide to try my hand at potions. You’ll remember my messy little potions as a teenager. They weren’t really for anything, though, Talia, just scaring… Continue reading
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Advice from a friend
Bea Furness came into the coffee shop during my shift yesterday. She was wearing hair in green streaks and her lips seemed to have a permanent purple hue. No one batted an eye, not even when she dropped a couple of coins and then stretched her fingers out to twice their length to grab them… Continue reading
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The Truth Shall Set You Free
I was in two minds about doing any more fortune telling sessions at Coastal Coffee – then I went today and that just about made up my mind. I still had a few customers, but there were also a lot of distractions. One of the women who I used to do readings for, who apparently… Continue reading
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You can’t fix what isn’t broken
I have heard similar tales from many witches – of going out, doing everything “right”, bringing their humble self to the world and asking for an answer to their struggles, and having their words whisked away like dust on a hot summer’s day until there is only deathly silence. It seems so unfair when it… Continue reading
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Looking for Direction
I couldn’t sleep that night and I went down to watch the television in the communal room, since no one else was there. There was an interview with a witch who worked in the city, talking about how she’d had to work more and more after local factories closed and she was beginning to lose… Continue reading
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Encounter by the Full Moon
I feel you could have warned me how lonely it is to be a witch, especially in my first year! Even Firenze doesn’t always care for my company – a poor trait in a pet or a familiar! Last night I couldn’t sleep and I got up and wandered about. Firenze stirred for a moment,… Continue reading
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Welcome to the Jungle
This week was meant to be the week where my friend Suniya and I made our vegetable garden. She’s meant to be revising, but luckily for us, her mother thought she’d been cooped up too long and let her come. I say “luckily” but things didn’t go to plan. Continue reading
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The Disappearing Familiar
Firenze has given me a shock. Perhaps I have fallen into the trap of seeing him more as a pet than a familiar. I knew we had a bond and I thought it was surprising when I had a future flash, but I have discovered that I vastly underestimated him. This morning I went down… Continue reading
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