Middlewitch

by Heather Parker

Being a witch isn't always easy. She's managed to learn love potions with only one real mistake, and that was hardly her fault. She can whip up a mean maths retention spell, but it's not all cake and roses. Take dating, for instance. As Alicia Meldrew puts it, how does one even bring it up? “Hobbies? Yes, I usually practise the black arts on Mondays, Thursdays and every other weekend. You?” Alicia is a young witch with a to protect the citizens of Middlewitch, a sleepy little hamlet consisting mostly of a church, a senior citizen's home, a pub, and two constables. You'd think such a small town wouldn't have problems with dark forces, but you'd be wrong. With the help of her cats, Domino and Tango, the Women's Institute, and even the Vicar, Alicia faces down demons, vampires, satanists, an American...and even the City. She finally has a boyfriend, but is she really able to learn to share her life with James? And if she can, is she strong enough to learn to get on with his mother?    

Kindle Edition

First published July 24, 2009

About the author

I'm a freelance writer and live in the English Lake District with a collection of cats, dogs and a husband.
My humorous fantasy novels, Middlewitch and Middlewitch Mayhem, are published by Drollerie Press. I should perhaps add that none of the characters bear any resemblance to my friends and neighbours. There has never been a hint of witchcraft in my village, in spite of what some in the Mothers' Union might say... The second book in the series, Middlewitch Mayhem, has just been released. (Please see blog post re Drollerie Press closure...)
I was recently awarded The Benjamin Franklin House / Daily Telegraph Literary Prize. Publishing credits include The People’s Friend, The Weekly News, The New Writer, Expanded Horizons, Bards and Sages, GlassFire Magazine, Absent Willow Review, Big Pulp, The Ranfurly Review, Sniplits, Abandoned Towers, and Space and Time . My stories also appear in anthologies, including the Out of Line Peace and Justice Anthology, Little Sisters Mystery Anthology, Hoi Polloi 111 Literary Journal, Absent Willow Review Annual Anthology, Bridge House Publishing, 50 Stories for Pakistan and Storeis for Sendai.
My mini-mystery, A Quiet Place in the Country, is published by Wild Child Publishing.