HAPPY HALLOWEEN WITCHES! 

In this unconventional episode, the witches read a spooky short story and share their Halloween favorites. Get your spook on today and enjoy the final episode of The Literary Coven's Halloween collection.

"The figure was somewhere between male and female. Hollow-chested, sharp featured. Spindly, with clean chin and cheeks and milk-pale skin. It was dressed in loose-fitting raggedy leathers that had been badly tanned and left outside in the weather, or perhaps worked over by a pack of dogs. It wore thick hard boots and a conical cap over black, stringy hair. The cap stank like a slaughter."

In this episode of The Literary Coven, the witches discuss "Redcap" by Carrie Vaughn.  Join the hosts in this fear-filled episode as they examine the relationship between the three sisters and the fear induced by the Redcap.

"A shaft of refracted daylight now lay across the hall. She stopped dead and stared 
at the hall table—on this lay a letter addressed to her."

In this episode of The Literary Coven, the witches dive into "The Demon Lover" by Elizabeth Bowen. Join the girls as they discuss love and war, reality and illusion, and trauma. 

"The morning light came through the thin curtain. Tallulah was beside me. I had legs again. I put a hand to my mouth. My tongue was whole. My flesh felt new. More than that, I could see. When I put my glasses on the world became blurred. I didn’t need them anymore. The very surface of my eyes had been reborn."

Content Warning:
-Child Abuse
-Incest
-Sexual Assault
-Rape

In today's episode of The Literary Coven, the witches discuss the horror novelette, "Fabulous Beasts" by Priya Sharma. The girls touch on uncomfortable topics and discuss important themes and characters. 

"He was a good husband, a good father. I don’t understand it. I don’t believe in it. I don’t believe that it happened. I saw it happen but it isn’t true. It can’t be. He was always gentle. "

In today's episode of The Literary Coven, the witches cover "The Wife's Story" by Ursula K. Le Guin. This short story is much like a classic werewolf tale but with an unexpected twist! Join the girls as they discuss denial and intuition, appearances, motherhood, and Halloween costumes. 

"HE HAD BEEN waiting a long, long time in the summer night, as the darkness pressed warmer to the earth and the stars turned slowly over the sky"

In this episode of The Literary Coven, the witches discuss "At Midnight, in the Month of June" by Ray Bradbury. This short story is from the perspective of a murderer who stalks his victims at night, treating the act as a game of hide-and-seek.  Join the girls as they cover sanity, safety, and what, or rather, who lurks in the darkness. 

"The third floor was long and deserted, lit only by the sputtering glow of the fluorescents. Unlike theother levels of the mill, it was relatively silent and unoccupied - at least by the humans. The rats were another matter."

Today's episode of The Literary Coven covers "Graveyard Shift" by Stephen King. Join the witches and see what horrors and monstrosities await on the graveyard shift. 

"There was no need for her to answer, for there, gleaming spectrally on her bosom, was the evil blossom, its white petals spotted now with flecks of scarlet, vivid as drops of newly spilt blood."

In this episode of The Literary Coven, the witches discuss "The Mummy's Curse" or "Lost in the Pyramid" by Louisa May Alcott. Join the girls as they talk about curses, curiosity, knowledge, and superstitions.