The Scarlet Slippers
In the land of the Sand Riders, where women go veiled from top to toe, there lived a young man who dreamed of love....
An excerpt from The Wind in His Heart
She scrambled up the bank of the wash and ran across a dirt yard, right up to the front door of the witch’s house....
The Night of The Witch
Photo by Natalya Letunova on Unsplash
Article from Issue #40 Subscribe | Single Issue
Every few years they came searching and this was the year they found them. Three sisters living...
Grandmother Elder
My grandmother was a mysterious woman—quiet and stern, her burdens etched harshly across her face. Her home was unremarkable, uncluttered, and as sensible as...
The Sweetest Love
Once upon a time, in a land hidden deep within an enchanted forest where the trees grew almost as tall as mountains, there lived...
Dance of the Selkies
Article from the Sumer Mermaid Issue #59
Photography by The Witching Hour Photography
Model Tatiana Pimentel
The woman glanced in the mirror and wondered who the tired person...
The Witch’s Secret
Feature Image: Study for Maidens Picking Flowers by the Stream (1911),
by John William Waterhouse
Image Courtesy Wikimedia Commons
There was something strange about the cottage at...
A Love Letter to Ladies Accused of Witchcraft | Pt. 2
Feature Image:
The Witch of Endor Raising the Spirit of Samuel (1783), by William Blake
Photo ©Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2022 / Bridgeman Images
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The Holly King
Illustration by Guinevere von Sneeden
Wassail, drink hail to the sleeping trees blanketed in a white cloak of snow, under the dark of night. Leave the warmth...
Brokenhearted: A fairy tale by Alice Hoffman
Short Story from Issue #35 Summer 2016
This is the way she knew he was gone: The door was open. His boots were missing. The...