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Sunday, September 9, 2012

All of Them Witches

I can't really think of any horror fiction I've read that features witches - I suppose Leiber's Conjure Wife counts, though - but that can't stop me from appreciating some ghastly cover art of them. Witch Child (Zebra 1987) is absolutely blood-curdling. The witch's face is horrifying enough, but then you see her skull--! Yikes. Witch House's (Del Rey 1979) cover below is just fucking terrifying. If I were that little girl I think I'd have dropped dead of fright instead of gone into a rendition of "Good Ship Lollipop."

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6 comments:

  1. William MalmborgSeptember 9, 2012 at 1:50 PM

    Wow, these are really cool covers. That first one is really creepy and the Witch House one with the witch coming out from above the fireplace would have frightened me when I was little.

    Like you I can't really think of anything I have read that has featured a witch. I do have a short story collection that is all witch tales but haven't opened it yet. Might have to take a peek inside now.

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  2. Ron DionneSeptember 10, 2012 at 3:44 AM

    Check out DARK SISTER by Graham Joyce. Very witchy, and very good.

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  3. Tim MayerSeptember 10, 2012 at 6:43 AM

    The Wild White Witch sounds like a song from a Coven album.

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  4. LuisSeptember 12, 2012 at 5:31 PM

    The one that intrigues me is the one simply titled "Witch" with the subtitle "a novel of quiet horror". Also, "The Wild White Witch" sounds like a fun read.

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  6. James SegerJanuary 26, 2014 at 7:48 PM

    I'm actually reading Witch Child by Elizabeth Lloyd now. It's available as an e-book from B&N, though surprisingly doesn't seem to be available from Amazon...

    Anyway, I bought it due to the wonderfully lurid cover (the same as the one shown here). But the book is completely unlike the cover. it's actually presented as the diary of a young girl living in Salem in 1692. At the beginning of the book, she catches the eye of a woman being hung as a witch and then becomes convinced (and convinces others) that she is possessed by the witch.

    I almost quit reading it when I realized it wasn't going to be the cheese-fest I was in the mood for, but it's actually pretty interesting. I'm about two thirds done and am surprised at how much I'm liking it.

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