That Ain't Witchcraft (InCryptid #8)

by Seanan McGuire

“New England is a lot like a carnival, or a secret society, or the insular group of your choosing,” said Cylia. “I mean, they welcome tourists, they can’t close their doors against the whole world, but in most of the small towns around here, they’ll choose the familiar over the strange every single time.

There are very few people in this world who will love and treasure us for who we are, rather than who they think we have the potential to someday become.