Witching Hour
Witching Hour – Three Fantasy Short Stories
The Standing Stones of Erelong
Elian returns to the valley she was born in, the valley where all her family were slaughtered by the Marauders. Now only a circle of standing stones remains to mark the place. But the stones harbour a secret, a secret only she can uncover...
A Sorcerous Mist
Captain Quirk’s boat Sheerwater is becalmed – held in port by a thick fog. He requests the help of a powerful witch to lift the mists. But the witch’s help comes at a price, a price that will bring Quirk into conflict with the powerful Druidh...
Slieau Whallian
Ginny Kerruish watches as an old woman is rolled down a hill in a spiked barrel to test whether she is a witch. The old woman cannot survive the ordeal. But Ginny is secretly relieved, because only the old woman knows Ginny’s dark secret. She, too, has the Sight, and if others find out, she will be next to be tested...
“I am going to be blunt with my assessment. This tale was excellent … Recommended.” – Diabolical Plots
Simon Kewin
Simon is a British fantasy and sci/fi writer, with over a hundred short stories published in a wide variety of magazines, including Analog and Nature. He’s the author of the Cloven Land fantasy trilogy, cyberpunk sci/fi thriller The Genehunter and the steampunk Gormenghast Engn saga.
Some of his books are available to download for free – and there are more if you sign up to his newsletter. He’s a member of the British Fantasy Society and the Untethered Realms collective.
He was born in the Year of the Dragon. He still thinks digital watches are a pretty neat idea.
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