I Put A Spell On You

by C.C. Bridges, K.I.L. Kenny, Penelope Friday

Spells are willful little things. Once uttered, they can take on a life of their own, and that's usually when the trouble begins... The spell that love casts is transformational. These nine m/m/f ménage stories are about the bonds that go beyond words, and to places no one expects. In "Bad Hoodoo," BA Tortuga demonstrates the perils of playing diva in voodoo country. "Play Music, Play Magic" by Maia Strong relates the gentler side of a witch's power as she celebrates her homecoming. Sometimes, though, a witch is not enough--in "The Antithesis of Magic," JL Merrow shows how all the pieces must come together for magic to truly bind. Nor is a witch's magic always benevolent, as the lovers find out in "Ironheart," by Shea Meier. And in CC Bridges' "The Shore House," there is no witch at all--only her wisdom to guide a novice hand. Some lovers, too, are inherently magical. Sylphs and undines are simply themselves in Penelope Friday's "The Birth of the Year," while Titania's crew raises their usual mayhem in Giselle Renarde's "Midsummer Morning Woods." In "The Winter King," by Kathryn Scannell, ancient gods manifest for their worshippers. Finally, in "Sleeping With Monsters," Kiernan Kelly looks at the spell itself to find the magic there.

Genres: Fantasy

218 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2010

About the author

I love creating new worlds slightly off-center from our own. I'm a writer of scifi, fantasy and the paranormal.

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Reviews

[Tailtiu]

I bought Spell the Coffee by Glyn Soitiño at FW
and got this book to download at least it has more pages...

[Pia]

As with most anthologies, some really good stories, and a couple that didn't grab my interest. Fair warning, this is both menage and girl-bits. If I'd actually read the blurb, I'd have known that, but if I remember correctly, I downloaded this forever ago, after reading CC Bridges cyberpunk angel story, simply to read more by that author. One of these days I'll learn to do a little research first.

But in all seriousness, I did enjoy several of these magical stories. I'd like to see more M/M with a pagan/magic theme.

[Indigo · Rating 2 out of 5]

mmf, mistake buy, got bored, had to really labour to finish.