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Susan Fair

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Susan Fair is most at home exploring the crossroads of weirdness and history. She lives on the shoulder of South Mountain in Western Maryland. Her writing has appeared in several newspapers, bunches of magazines, and on numerous websites, including the Rumpus.net and cryptomundo.com. A longtime public library worker, Susan's after hours adventures have included a long-term gig at a very strange museum - where she expounded on the virtues of a severed arm and a genuine wizard's spellbook - and hanging out with ghosthunters and monster trackers. She is the author of American Witches: a Broomstick Tour through Four Centuries (Skyhorse, 2016), Mysteries and Lore of Western Maryland, and Pilgrim Confidential: Shocking True Stories of the Pilgrim ...more

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	American Witches: A Broomstick Tour Through Four Centuries 3.64 avg rating — 1,071 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mysteries & Lore of Western Maryland: Snallygasters, Dogmen, and other Mountain Tales 4.09 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pilgrim Confidential: Shocking True Stories of the Pilgrims in the Strange New World 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jan 10, 2017 06:26AM

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“Your esteemed pig ancestors, having survived a heroic voyage across the ocean, had probably arrived in America about the same time as your owner’s ancestors in the early 1600s, making you, whether pilgrim or Puritan, a very notable pig indeed. A founding pig, if you will.”
― Susan Fair, American Witches: A Broomstick Tour through Four Centuries

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“We’ll join the trial already in progress; Bridget has just been asked by Judge Hathorne to talk about how she bewitched the girls of Salem: Bridget: I know nothing of it. I am innocent to a Witch. I know not what a Witch is. Hathorne: How do you know then that you are not a Witch? On June 10, 1692, Bridget Bishop became the first person to be hanged for witchcraft in Salem.”
― Susan Fair, American Witches: A Broomstick Tour through Four Centuries

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“Between all the witch lit and the relentless misfortunes he and New England seemed to be experiencing, Cotton came to the reasonable conclusion that the devil totally had it in for the tender new country;”
― Susan Fair, American Witches: A Broomstick Tour through Four Centuries

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“Books are often far more than just books.”
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“As for literary criticism in general: I have long felt that any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel or a play or a poem is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae or a banana split.”
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“The nicest veterans...the kindest and funniest ones, the ones who hated war the most, were the ones who'd really fought.”
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“She even had a name for this: malicious animal magnetism, or M.A.M. It was something Quimby had warned could happen. According to Mary, malicious animal magnetism consisted of transmitting malign thoughts in order to cause harm to another person.”
― Susan Fair, American Witches: A Broomstick Tour through Four Centuries

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message 1: by Majenta

Oct 16, 2017 04:09PM

Hi, Susan! Thank you for contacting me. Congratulations on your books! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Have a great week. Blessings!

Best wishes from Majenta

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