Toil & Trouble

Scorn the witch. Fear the witch. Burn the witch.

History is filled with stories of women accused of witchcraft, of fearsome girls with arcane knowledge. Toil & Trouble features fifteen stories of girls embracing their power, reclaiming their destinies and using their magic to create, to curse, to cure -- and to kill.

A young witch uses social media to connect with her astrology clients -- and with a NASA-loving girl as cute as she is skeptical. A priestess of death investigates a ritualized murder. A bruja who cures lovesickness might need the remedy herself when she falls in love with an altar boy. A theater production is turned upside down by a visiting churel. In Reconstruction-era Texas, a water witch uses her magic to survive the soldiers who have invaded her desert oasis. And in the near future, a group of girls accused of witchcraft must find their collective power in order to destroy their captors.

This collection reveals a universal truth: there's nothing more powerful than a teenage girl who believes in herself.

Contents:


1. Starstrong by Tehlor Kay Mejia
2. AfterBirth by Andrea Cremer
3. The Heart in Her Hands by Tesse Sharpe
4. Death in the Sawtooths by Lindsay Smith
5. The Truth about Queenie by Brandy Colbert
6. The Moonpie Menagerie by Sheveta Thakrar
7. The Legend of Stone Mary by Robin Talley
8. The One who Stayed by Nova Ren Suma
9. Divine are the Stars by Zoraida Cordova
10. Daughters of Baba Yaga by Breanna Yovanoff
11. The Well Witch by Kate Hart
12. Beware of the girls with Crooked Mouths by Jessica Spotswood
13. Love Spell by Anna Marie Mclemore
14. The Gherin Girls by Emory Lord
15. Why they watch us burn by Elizabeth May