Bell, Book & Beyond: An Anthology of Witchy Tales

by P.D. Cacek (Editor)

They turn people into toads, ride on brooms wear long pointy hats and keep black cats. Evil hags, casting wicked spells? Benign pagans carrying on ancient Wiccan traditions? Sitcom suburban teens and moms snapping their fingers for witchy whimsy? Perhaps the real 'magic' in witchcraft may he our own continuing belief that some little hit of sorcery is at work around us.

Stories included:

"The Child's Tale," Carole Nomarhas
"The Power Lunch," Janet L. Hetherington
"Six Guns & Six Spells," Paul Victor Wargelin
"A Dichotomy of Belief," Michael Oliveri
"Spiders Grace All of Me," Michelle Scalise
"As Promised," Walt Jarvis
"Madly, Deeply," Greg Kishbaugh
"Le Bête est Morte," Nicholas Kaufmann
"That Old Black Magic," John R. Platt
"Stadium Square," Eric Gregg
"Elena," David A. DeFalco
"Hattie's Head," Kelli Campbell
"Her Place," Joel Ross
"Endemoniada," William O'Donnell
"The Nice House," L.H. Maynard & M.P.N. Sims
"Heavy Sybil," Bob Beiderman
"Harm None," Dean H. Wild
"The Island," Whitt Pond
"Trailertrash Annie," Peter N. Dudar
"The Power Doctor," Ward Parker
"Celia," R. Michael Burns

Genres: Horror

320 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 2000

About the author

Occasionally credited as Patricia D. Cacek.

Patricia Diana Joy Anne Cacek (December 22, 1951, Hollywood, California) is an American author, mostly of horror novels. She graduated with a B.A in Creative Writing from California State University, Long Beach in 1975.

Reviews

[Adrienne Yee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember liking every story in this book. Generally anthologies are a mixed bag, but this book didn't have a weak story in it.