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5.0

Gordon White’s delightful Southern Gothic Hair Shirt Drag serves as an amuse-bouche for this anthology and lets you know from the start that you won’t be reading your typical old witch stories.

The tales of Wrapped in Black> span from the Inquisition to a dark and gritty future and range from dying farmland in middle-America to seemingly typical sprawling suburbs. There I found witches trashy, wicked, and wise whom I loved, hated, and pitied.

In Unto the Earth, Patrick C. Greene reminded me that the worst revenge is sometimes the one we inflict on ourselves. Rose Blackthorn created a lovely and dark dystopia in Beautiful, Broken Things. Mike Lester’s Not This Time left me wondering through to the end and beyond.

I seldom give 5 stars to an anthology because there are inevitably some unpalatable stories in them. This one I loved from start to finish. The worst story in it was still an exciting read.

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5.0

Gordon White’s delightful Southern Gothic Hair Shirt Drag serves as an amuse-bouche for this anthology and lets you know from the start that you won’t be reading your typical old witch stories.

The tales of Wrapped in Black> span from the Inquisition to a dark and gritty future and range from dying farmland in middle-America to seemingly typical sprawling suburbs. There I found witches trashy, wicked, and wise whom I loved, hated, and pitied.

In Unto the Earth, Patrick C. Greene reminded me that the worst revenge is sometimes the one we inflict on ourselves. Rose Blackthorn created a lovely and dark dystopia in Beautiful, Broken Things. Mike Lester’s Not This Time left me wondering through to the end and beyond.

I seldom give 5 stars to an anthology because there are inevitably some unpalatable stories in them. This one I loved from start to finish. The worst story in it was still an exciting read.
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