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By Ashly Moore Sheldon • October 13, 2024

Witches take many forms in literature—from villainous queens to secret healers to heroic vigilantes. They can be young or old, real or imagined, historic or modern-day. This roundup of liter-witch-ure offers a variety of witchy representations, ranging from old to new.

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By Melina Lynne • October 26, 2015

Vampires, werewolves, monsters, zombies, wizards, witches, and all things that go bump in the night. These topics used to be relegated to fiction pulled out in the fall to get us geared up for Halloween, but now have their own presence in the literary world. So how did they make the leap from October reading material to year-round "go to" reads? I have three words for you: teen paranormal fiction, and I’m not just talking about books, or in our case, used books like Twilight and Harry Potter. Sure, Stephanie Meyer and J.K. Rowling made it “cool” again to write about fantastical elements. It helps that these are usually easy reads and always leave us wanting more; another series, another set of characters, and another chance to further our paranormal addiction.

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