British Witchcraft

Rosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own in New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini’s lively and illuminating novel about the “munitionettes” who built bombs in Britain’s arsenals during World War I, risking their lives for the war effort and discovering camaraderie...

Explains the Dark Man phenomenon through centuries-old folklore and mythology, testimony from British witch trials, and modern accounts Challenges the simplistic concept of the Devil as “evil,” explaining how encounters with this entity can reveal one’s life purpose and how the...

Shawn and Louise Riley can finally afford to move into a home of their own; only to find that they’re not alone! Terrified, Louise confides in a work colleague who volunteers her son, paranormal investigator Malachi Hunter, to take a look. Mal agrees to investigate, assisted by his partner Teena’s teenaged daughter, Carolyn. Called to the bloody aftermath of an occult ceremony in a secluded woodland dell, Detective Constable Bradley Maunder, Teena’s brother, convinces the senior investigating officer to bring Mal in as an advisor, leaving Carolyn and Teena to investigate the Riley ...

An evil witch, Morella White, runs a cat cemetery deep within rural England. Unbeknownst to her grieving clients, she is raising their beloved fur babies from the dead as grotesque zombies. Morella lusts after a half-cat, half-man demon, who lies buried somewhere under farmland soil. One special feline zombie can help her achieve her aim. Enter Jasper, who turns zombie after a scrap in the woods. His owner, Amber, discovers he has unique psychic powers. She’s prepared to fight to the bitter end to protect her beloved cat from falling into Morella’s clutches. Thus unfolds a thrilling ...

WyrdWood: The Story of Dusty Miller Meet one of Britain's last traditional folk magicians. Hidden among the ancient woodlands of Kent lives a remarkable man whose life's work has been devoted to preserving one of Britain's oldest magical traditions. Known simply as Dusty Miller, he is a wand maker, folk magician, storyteller and guardian of an extraordinary body of woodland lore passed down through generations. His handcrafted staves, wands and LiveWood creations have become legendary among practitioners of traditional witchcraft and British folk magic, while his quiet wisdom and lifelong ...

Having successfully concluded their first case, teenaged ghost hunting duo Carolyn Hunter and Frankie Allen are back in the mundane world with a bump as the new school term starts. They are just starting to settle into the daily routine, when they are approached by twins Ruby and Lewis Morgan. Recovering from a recent bereavement, the twins are experiencing creepy paranormal activity in their family home, and are desperately in need of help. Carolyn and Frankie agree to investigate, and, as the phenomena become increasingly menacing, find themselves stretched to their limits. Nothing is as ...

Step into the heart of Victorian London with “Mirror of the Damned,” a thrilling gothic horror story set in the hidden corners of Notting Hill. This tale revolves around the mysterious and cursed Mirror of the Damned, found in the peculiar shop of Mr. Abernathy. Here, the wealthy Sir Reginald Harcourt becomes obsessed with uncovering his future, leading him down a path of madness. Will the curse consume him, or can he break free from the mirror’s dark grip? Join the adventure in “Mirror of the Damned,” where the power of the human spirit is tested against the backdrop of time, ...

Step beyond the garden hedge and rediscover a way of living shaped by nature, observation, folklore and the turning seasons. The Foliate Way: A Hedge Witch’s Handbook is a richly detailed guide to developing a personal, grounded spiritual practice rooted in the living world. Written for both newcomers and experienced practitioners, it brings together traditional wisdom, practical exercises and thoughtful reflection without demanding rigid beliefs or elaborate tools. Within these pages, you will explore: • The history and meaning of hedge witchcraft • Building a personal practice ...

A grim horror overshadows Nate’s village. A horror over three hundred years old. Here lives a witch who seeks vengeance on the folk who live beneath Raven Hill. Fish are dying. Crops are withering. The birds no longer sing. Everywhere, flocks of malevolent ravens darken the skies. The air is poisoned. Nate fears the life is slowly being choked from the village. But he has no idea why, and for the villagers, time is running out. Who is the mysterious but enchanting Abbie who has set up camp close by? Is her travelling folk band here merely to entertain the locals? Or is their purpose far ...

When Twilight Falls Something is wrong with Tansley Close. It looks like any other quiet cul-de-sac on the outskirts of Prestatyn in North Wales. Nine houses. A patch of green. Friendly neighbours with warm smiles and cold eyes. But the pathways that cut through that green form the shape of an inverted pentagram, and at their centre stands an archway of dead twigs and rotting leaves that has no right to exist in this world. Nobody moves into Tansley Close by accident. Something draws them there. And nobody ever leaves of their own free will. When Jack and Carrie arrive at number three, ...

Melior the Wisewoman lives in the woods near the Vale of Rollendri. When her companion and mentor, Old Agg, dies, she is approached by the denizens of the Faerie kingdom, who tell her that she is in great danger--that a barbaric King called Gorangon is on his way hence with an army to claim the entire shire as part of his kingdom. Melior is uncomfortable and afraid to listen, for Agg told her the Faefolk are amoral and not to be trusted...but the King with his warband and iron sword is equally fearsome, if not even worse . Reluctantly, she agrees to let the Fae help her against the might of...

Suffolk, England 1710. There has not been a witch trial in the county of Suffolk for over fifteen years, but this is all about to change. The small village of Blackthorn Cove is nestled on the Suffolk coast. Reverend Matthew Heythorpe and his young wife Jayne, arrive in the summer of 1710. The villagers adore their new vicar, some more than others. Eliza Maddison is a young girl who is vivacious and charismatic. She conjures up Matthew's impure desires. His want and lust for the girl spiral out of control. But then an angel descends on Blackthorn Cove, a Matilda Andrews. She is as pure as ...

Read by Moira Quirk (The Locked Tomb Trilogy) They’ve accidentally travelled two centuries into the past. But will the Regency era turn rivalry into romance? Lucy Bright and Francis de Montmort never intended to (literally) blow up their life’s work and get thrown back in time. Yet now the...

Called to attend a breach of the peace at the Torre Mews guest house, Police Sergeant Tasha Dabrowski finds that the perpetrator has, in fact, seen a ghost. As Tasha is also a trainee investigator with Malachi Hunter’s paranormal group, she suggests that the owners call him in. Investigating the bizarre haunting leads directly to an unsolved murder, with serious implications for the ghost hunters. Significant occult research has been exposed and brought to the attention of the sinister Esoterica Foundation, who intend to capitalise upon it at any cost. Brought into direct confrontation ...

When Susanna Bowden left the Plymouth Brethren with her two youngest children, she never imagined how completely unprepared she was for life outside the sect, or the devastating effect it would have. Thirteen years later, her son, Seth, forbidden from rejoining the Brethren, has taken up Spiritualism, and to his sister’s horror, something appears to have followed him from the Church to the flat they share. During her work as a security guard, Hannah briefly met paranormal investigator Malachi Hunter, and asks him for help. Mal agrees to investigate, but becomes involved with the police ...

Here are four chilling short stories about cats and witches that have gone over to the dark side. Three young witches investigate paranormal happenings at an old house and discover something far more terrifying. Zombie cats attack a cattery to find recruits for their feline undead army, leaving the owners fighting desperately for survival. Roger’s wife is horrified when her husband recycles her late mother’s eerie garden gnome collection. Finally, follow the tale of the ghost hunter who breaks into a creepy old house in the middle of the woods and interrupts a Satanic ritual, uncloaking...

The King’s Witches by Kate Foster is a compelling and beautiful historical novel that gives voices to the women at the heart of the real-life witch trials in sixteenth-century Scotland. Women whisper secrets to each other; it is how we survive. 1589. Princess Anna of Denmark is betrothed to...

FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF A TRAVEL GUIDE TO THE MIDDLE AGES In the year 1324, in the burgeoning town of Kilkenny, Ireland's second biggest town, there lived a wealthy, powerful woman named Dame Alicia Kyteler. After three of her husbands died suspiciously, and with the fourth...