The Lychford Collection 1: Witches of Lychford, The Lost Child of Lychford, A Long Day in Lychford

by Paul Cornell

Genres: Fantasy

288 pages, Paperback

Published October 14, 2025

About the author

Paul Cornell is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy prose, comics and television. He's been Hugo Award-nominated for all three media, and has won the BSFA Award for his short fiction, and the Eagle Award for his comics. He's the writer of Saucer Country for Vertigo, Demon Knights for DC, and has written for the Doctor Who TV series. His new urban fantasy novel is London Falling, out from Tor on December 6th.

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Reviews

[Simon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recent Reads: The Lychford Collection Book 1. The first three of Paul Cornell's rural fantasy novellas, starting with The Witches of Lychford. Cotswold dramas where a small market town is connects us to other worlds, and the troubles that ensue as new guardians learm the rules. Midsomer fantasies.

[Carol Hazard · Rating 3 out of 5]

I listen to this book and when I read the next one I will read the book or on kindle. The author has the characters explore magical places and there are a number of characters, which made it a little confusing for me on tape. Cornell is an experienced writer and execution of this novel, brings you into Lychford. The concept of a location, protected by charms and incantations, since Anglo- Saxon times caught by attention, but I love the idea of it all possibly coming undone by the coming of a comercial grocery store! Great idea Paul!

[Astrid · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5*

[John Adams · Rating 4 out of 5]

An enjoyable trio of novellas, with elements of English coziness with a worldbuild reminiscent of Buffy for older Englishwomen.