Witchcraft

by Bill Michaels, William Carney

Molly Daniels, a descendant of white witches, is horrified when her innocent eleven-year-old daughter, Daphne, is abducted by Lady Eva, the queen of the Coven of the Dark Dream, who needs a white witch's child to fortify her powers. Original.

Genres: Horror

288 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1997

Reviews

[B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have been searching for this book since I read it back in fourth grade. I remembered very little about it, but back then it was creepy enough that I would put it in the garage when I wasn't reading it because I didn't want it in the house with me. Granted, the subject matter isn't appropriate for a fourth-grader, but libraries don't discriminate.

I finally found it again after decades of searching. I can see why younger me thought it had to live in the garage when I wasn't reading it (there was a pit filled with bugs they dropped people into for the bugs to eat them alive). Having re-read it, it's wholly lost its scare/creep factor (sadly). I can say that it's about on par for what you'd expect for early 90s horror. There was one issue in which Lady Eva is called Lady May by accident. Cool levitation, neat instance of dusty scholar turning hero riding in to save the day, neat use of guard puppers (yes, they die too, this is 90s horror before the shift towards the "all the humans can die as long as all the animals live" approach), original idea for the creation of Hadesmorphs (self-explanatory concept), surprisingly large amount of mercenaries. A little something for everyone as it were. Glad to have found it again. Honestly, it's better than a lot of the modern horror published today and it holds up against the test of time surprisingly well.

[Ivy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed it. Felt like the ending was a bit rushed. Wasnt happy that Lady Eva was pregnant with Steve’s child at the end

[Brett]

Horror