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The Magic Within
Nine stories come to life in this fantasy anthology imbued with magic and mayhem.
Magic often comes at a heavy a ribbon dancer seeks a phoenix for the magic to right a terrible wrong; a young witch is punished after using dark magic she has no memory of performing; and a grumpy witch is forced to face her past when she inherits a baby in exchange for a spell.
But with magic, the impossible comes to children create magical worlds only to lose their powers as they grow older; a student helps her grandfather battle a squirrel army of his own creation; and a newly orphaned girl seeks a witch to resurrect her parents only to find another future in store for her.
And, as all tales go, actions have instead of studying for his exams, a teenager modifies his magical device and unleashes hidden dangers upon his classmates; after losing her temper, an orphan must learn to control her wild magic before the entire realm is doomed; and a past decision haunts an apprentice mage as a dark-eyed daemon preys on his fear.
Visit faraway lands and local neighborhoods in this collection of fantastic tales. Magic can be found everywhere, if you only know where to look.
Magic often comes at a heavy a ribbon dancer seeks a phoenix for the magic to right a terrible wrong; a young witch is punished after using dark magic she has no memory of performing; and a grumpy witch is forced to face her past when she inherits a baby in exchange for a spell.
But with magic, the impossible comes to children create magical worlds only to lose their powers as they grow older; a student helps her grandfather battle a squirrel army of his own creation; and a newly orphaned girl seeks a witch to resurrect her parents only to find another future in store for her.
And, as all tales go, actions have instead of studying for his exams, a teenager modifies his magical device and unleashes hidden dangers upon his classmates; after losing her temper, an orphan must learn to control her wild magic before the entire realm is doomed; and a past decision haunts an apprentice mage as a dark-eyed daemon preys on his fear.
Visit faraway lands and local neighborhoods in this collection of fantastic tales. Magic can be found everywhere, if you only know where to look.
326 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 31, 2019
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About the author
Heather Hayden
13 books94 followersHeather Hayden is a writer, gamer, reader, editor, and computer geek, though not in any specific order.
She can’t remember when she first started tapping away at a keyboard but she’s grateful that those early attempts at writing are lost in the ancient format of floppy disc. She does miss that racing MS-DOS game she used to play, but has found other games to spend free time on, such as Final Fantasy XXIV and Magic the Gathering, when she has spare free time. A lot of her free time is spent reading her latest haul from the local library.
Heather wrote her first novel (which will never see the light of day) when she was fourteen, and published her first book, a YA science novella titled Augment, when she was twenty-one. She is now hard at work on her next publication, a YA fantasy novel.
When she’s not working on her current project, she can be found deep within the pages of a good book or questing somewhere in Eorzea.
At times, Heather ventures outside to hike with friends, go biking, or go swimming. She prefers ocean water over lake water, has a fear of heights, and is currently in search of a new bike (her old one, Cliffjumper, can no longer shift gears, which makes steep hills impossible.)
She also loves anime, listening to music, and chocolate, and finds writing about herself in the third person quite odd.
She can’t remember when she first started tapping away at a keyboard but she’s grateful that those early attempts at writing are lost in the ancient format of floppy disc. She does miss that racing MS-DOS game she used to play, but has found other games to spend free time on, such as Final Fantasy XXIV and Magic the Gathering, when she has spare free time. A lot of her free time is spent reading her latest haul from the local library.
Heather wrote her first novel (which will never see the light of day) when she was fourteen, and published her first book, a YA science novella titled Augment, when she was twenty-one. She is now hard at work on her next publication, a YA fantasy novel.
When she’s not working on her current project, she can be found deep within the pages of a good book or questing somewhere in Eorzea.
At times, Heather ventures outside to hike with friends, go biking, or go swimming. She prefers ocean water over lake water, has a fear of heights, and is currently in search of a new bike (her old one, Cliffjumper, can no longer shift gears, which makes steep hills impossible.)
She also loves anime, listening to music, and chocolate, and finds writing about herself in the third person quite odd.
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October 30, 2019
Halloween is here! In this collection of new tales, witches come in all shapes and sizes – young and old, male and female, competent and undisciplined – and none wear black pointy hats or ride broomsticks. Each story arc is carefully plotted out, the protagonists learning important lessons as they grapple with their gifts in stories that range from humour laced with sadness to dark laced with hope. In most, if not all, the magic they wield seems to symbolise all sorts of character traits that can make us different.
Some highlights: I loved the humour of “The War of Grandfather Henderson” by Kristy Perkins and the hauntingly lyrical language of “The Boy with Black Eyes” by Rachel Sandell. I particularly enjoyed reading about an older woman and some less than beautiful younger characters in Allie May’s “The Witch of Windy Fjord,” and it was very satisfying in “The Phoenix Feather,” by Heather Hayden, to learn more of the travails of Eveline, who I first met in “Beneath his Skin,” in From the Stories of Old.
I recieved a free ARC from the publisher, but the views expressed here are entirely my own.
Some highlights: I loved the humour of “The War of Grandfather Henderson” by Kristy Perkins and the hauntingly lyrical language of “The Boy with Black Eyes” by Rachel Sandell. I particularly enjoyed reading about an older woman and some less than beautiful younger characters in Allie May’s “The Witch of Windy Fjord,” and it was very satisfying in “The Phoenix Feather,” by Heather Hayden, to learn more of the travails of Eveline, who I first met in “Beneath his Skin,” in From the Stories of Old.
I recieved a free ARC from the publisher, but the views expressed here are entirely my own.
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