“Bad spelling can be lethal. For example, the greedy seraph of Al-Ybi was cursed by a badly-educated deity and for some days everything he touched turned to Glod, which happened to be the name of a small dwarf from a mountain community hundreds of miles away who found himself magically dragged to the kingdom and relentlessly duplicated. Some two thousand Glods later the spell wore off. These days, the people of Al-Ybi are renowned for being unusually short and bad-tempered.”
― Witches Abroad
― Witches Abroad
“He had created perhaps the only distraction powerful enough to save us: a herd of zombie cats”
― A Map of Days
― A Map of Days
“While the cat's away, the mice will eat in the lounge without plates or cutlery.”
― The Shadow Cabinet
― The Shadow Cabinet
“Well, if it makes you feel better, Mum wishes I wasn't a witch either, and Dad is scared of me.”
― The Shadow Cabinet
― The Shadow Cabinet
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