Ever wonder what your Akashic Records can tell you about past and current life times? My friend and colleague, Susan Kay McClafferty, is open for business if you want to find out. She did some sample reading on a few of her fellow writers and we all found the information chillingly accurate and extremely helpful. Contact her at skmcclafferty@windstream.net for more information.
WITCHTALK
I was delighted to have to opportunity to do a BlogTalkRadio interview with my friend, musician Karagan, 4 pm EDT, Sunday, May 30, on BlogTalkRadio. His two hour shows are archived at www.blogtalkradio.com/witchtalk . He has a great backlog of fascinating guests in case you can't catch the live broadcasts. Since discovering his show I've gone back and listened to several of the broadcasts. For your convenience, they can be loaded to your iPod. The link to the show and the download is on my Home Page.
PAGANS TONIGHT
Another BlogTalkRadio show I was thrilled to do was Pagan's Tonight on Friday, July 16. Co-host Traci and I found lots of common ground and have talked together for several hours off the show. This one airs nightly at 9 p.m. Central Standard/Daylight Time. The link to the show and the download... and lots of downloads from other great shows, can be found at the top of my Home Page. Technology is fantastic. Twenty years ago connecting with other Pagans was such hard work, now we can link up worldwide with just a few mouse clicks. Truly an act of the deities, right?
GREEN SPIRIT FESTIVAL
July 29-August 1
Circle Sanctuary, Mt. Horeb, WI
Join Selena Fox and friends for a celebration of summer's delights, spirits, and sacrifices. My workshops will focus on faery shamanism, both the wisdom and the practical. I will also host an open discussion workshop for those who are empaths, believe they may be empaths, or know empaths. Selena throws a great Lammas party and Circle is only a 2 hour drive from Chicago.
October 30, NEW YORK WITCH FESTIVAL
Sheraton Hotel, Smithtown, NY
www.NewYorkWitchFestival.com or www.WitchFestival.com
The NYWF had to take a hiatus in 2009, but the organizer--who has become a cherished friend--is determined to see the festival resume in 2010 regardless of the state of the economy, a factor that shut down many PPDs and smaller festival in 2009. The newly well and always impish Oberon Zell-Ravenheart is also invited to return the to festival in 2010. An Alexandian Samhain ritual and lots of workshops, singers, and vendors will be there. My workshop will be on "Warding 501."
SPIRITS OF THE EARTH FESTIVAL
Near Iona Station, Ontario
July 5-10, 2011
I'm thrilled to be going to Canada for a festival. I fell in love with that country many years ago, and once I even considered filing the paperwork to emigrate. The details of workshops, discussions, etc., are still to be worked out. I hope to see many Canadian readers there so we can share and learn from one another. BTW, I love to talk international politics, so if that bores you, I am not offended if you tell me so. My Argentina friends have already learned this and have no trouble turning me to other topics Details will be released as I get them. Until then, please check out their beautiful website at http://spiritsfest.com/.
NOTE: I am working full-time again and also returning to graduate school. These commitments, plus the need to be at home more to handle family problems, limits the time I have for travel to festivals. I can no longer commit to one day events because it eats up three days of time with travel. All 2-4 day events events within a six hour drive of Indianapolis may be worked out if driving is an option, or if flights require no more than one layover. I enjoy all the festivals, and I've made friends at each I know I will have forever. Thanks to all of you for your invitations and hospitality. Please don't stop asking. I'm flattered and I never know when I'll have an opening in my crazy schedule. (Does anyone out there ~not~ have a crazy life schedule any more???) I apologize for any inconvenience or disappointment this may cause, but time constraints and the needs of my family simply must come first at this time. This, I know, is a temporary problems. Blesséd Be!
Caítlin Matthews, Ann Moura, and Myself, September 9, 2006, at CymryCon's First Festival Gathering
CymryCon, hosted by a coven following a Welsh faery trad, held it's first gathering in September 2006. The organizers were so helpful and kind that we had to remind them to calm down and enjoy their own event. Since it was a first event, the crowd was small, but very enthusiastic. It also allowed for getting to know one another. By the end of the four day event I knew many of the attendees by name, some of whom will hopefully keep in touch.
Buenos Aires 2005: With friends, dancers, tour guides, and--most importantly, fellow ghost hunters--Judy and Jon at Las Violetas restaurant. If you're interested in learning Argentine Tango, or want a great travel experience with personal tour guides who know this fabulous city and its ghosts well enough to take you places the tourist crowd rarely see, this couple can provide you with unforgettable experience. Judy and Jon are US citizens who reside in Argentina and do two US tours during the year where they teach classes and individuals at all levels of tango. Click on the blue link below for more information on their travel services or to find where and when you can find them on their US tours.
After the three of us combed the city for the paranormal in Spring 2006 (uhm, that's spring south of the Equator), we hope to be running joint Haunted Buenos Aires Tours, and a Evita's Traveling Afterlife Tour.
Please e-mail check out www.PiscesMoonParanormal.com or www.TangoWithJudy.com to keep current on upcoming events in the United States, Canada, and Argentina.
2008. Even 2009. They are both closer than we think. Already negotiations are in the works for many Pagan authors, artists, musicians, and vendors for 2008, and many have penciled in all they can promise for 2009.
If you are an organizer and you want a particular author, artist, craftsperson, musical group, or vendor at your gathering or festival, it's wise to book as far in advance as possible. Publishers, CD labels, Pagan 'zines, and personal websites can all provide you with contact information.
Don't be afraid to ask us for referrals if someone has to turn your down because of other comittments. In the information age many artists and authors are well connected, and we share information about events all the time. We may be able to help you locate someone who is not already comitted to another event and/or who may live closer than you think to your event site. Good Luck!
Organization at Work: author Dorothy Morrison, myself, Scent of Sage owner Jennifer, and author Murv Sellars at Scent of Sage in Kokomo, IN. Behind us we were hiding a cache of Jennifer's sinfully rich homemade butter cookies.
Witchcraft may be out of the closet, but your bookstore may still not have a clue what to do with this unusual novel it just received. Booksellers just don't seem to know where to put "our" fiction. Works of fiction of interest to Pagans is available but is usually found scattered all over the stacks: in mystery, horror, romance, and even tucked in with the Pagan non-fiction. Your local lobrary or bookstore is likely to have a section set aside marked "Local Interest," and it is not hard to find collections of local ghost stories from these. Little Indiana has four that I know of, and most majr North American cities have several titles aout local haunted places.
If you frequently patronize a specific bookstore, you might consider approaching the manager or the community events coordinator about making these titles easier to find. After all, their goal is to sell books, and they won't sell them if we can't find them.
Thanks to all of you who've added to this list. With your help this database of titles keeps growing. As of this update (Samhain 20090 magick, Witchcraft, and the paranormal are being found in many fiction genres, many of them written by Pagans. I know I am way behind on what's out there right now. If you're an author with a Pagan following, please don't be shy about dropping me an e-mail so I can add you and your work to this list. If you're a reader who knows about a novel of interest to Pagans e-mail me. Please place the words PAGAN FICTION in caps in the subject line so your e-mail isn't lost in my long queue for months.
ADLT, MADELYN
(The Bewitching Series)
The Trouble With Magick
A Charmed Death
Hex of a Spot
Something Wiccan This Way Comes
ANACKER, JOHN
The Raven's Ring Pin (YA)
APPLEGATE, KATHERINE A.
YA Series: Everworld
ARMSTRONG, KELLEY
Dime Store Magick
Industrial Magick
Haunted
Broken
BABBITT, NATALIE
Tuck Everlasting
BAIRD, ALISON
Willowmer Chronicles series (multiple titles)
BEATON, M.C.
The Agatha Raisin series
BAST, ANYA (Series contains explicit sex scenes)
Witch Fire
Witch Blood
Witch Heart
BERRY, JONATHAN
Cat Magic
BERRY, LIZ
The China Garden
BILLINGSLEY, FRANNY
Folk Keeper
BIRD, ISOBEL
YA Series: Circle of Three (multiple titles, 15+)
BISHOP, ANNE
The Pillars of the World
BLANCHARD. DAHTI
Dream of the Circle of Women
BLOCK, FRANCESCA LIA
I Was a Teenage Fairy (YA)
Echo
Nymph
The Girl Goddess (YA: collection of short fiction)
The Hanged Man
BRADLEY, MARION ZIMMER
The Forest House
The Lady of Avalon
The Hallow Hills
The Mists of Avalon
The Firebrand
Witch Hill
BREWER, SANDRA L.
Murder for Beltene
BUCKLAND, RAYMOND
The Committee
The Cardinal’s Sin
CAINE, RACHEL
The Weather Warden Series (multiple titles)
CAREY, JACQUELINE
Kushiel's Dart
CLARKE, SUSANNA
Jonathan Strange & MR Norrell
COCQUYT, KATHRYN MARIE
The Celtic Heart
CORDES, RON
A Faerytale (a true story of connection with the fey)
COLFER, EOIN
Artemis Fowl series (multiple titles)
CONDE, MARYSE
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem (Junior)
COYNE, SUSAN
In the Kingdom of the Fairies (Junior and YA)
CUNNINGHAM, ELIZABETH
The Return of the Goddess
How to Spin Gold
The Wild Mother
Daughter of the Shining Isles (1st book in The Magdalen Trilogy)
DATLOW, ELLEN & TERRI WINDLIN, compilers.
The Fairy Reel: Tales From the Twilight Realm
The Green Man: Tales from the Mystic Forest
Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold
DEPOY, PHILLIP
The Witch's Grave (1st book in Fever Devlin series)
DI DIO, LISA CROLL
Sherwood Forest
DIAMANT, ANNA
The Red Tent
DONNA, B. ELLA
Every Witch Way But Dead
DOUGLAS, L. WARREN
The Sacred Pool
EDGHILL, ROSEMARY
Speak Daggers to Her (1st book in Bast series)
Book of Moons (2nd in Bast series)
The Bowl of Night (3rd in Bast series)
Bell, Book & Murder (this last book is a compilation of all three "Bast" novels)
EDWARDS, CAROLYN McVICKAR, compiler
The Storyteller’s Goddess
ENDERLE, DOTTI
Junior Readers Series: The Fortunetellers Club
(multiple titles)
EVANS, AMANDA
Pentalia
THE _____ FAIRY BOOK (Children and Juniors)
The Green Fairy Book
The Red Fairy Book
The Brown Fairy Book
The Blue Fairy Book, etc.
(Compilations of fairy stories from around the
world, various editors and publishers)
FALLINGSTAR, CERRIDWEN
The Heart of the Fire
FEDERICI, DEBBIE
L.O.S.T. (YA)
FORTUNE, DION
The Sea Priestess
The Goat-Foot God
The Demon Lover
The Winged Bull
The Secrets of Dr. Taverner
Moon Magic
FONTAINE, MICHELE
Harem Sisters
Fire of Isis
FURLONG, MONICA
Juniper (Junior Readers)
Colman (Junior Readers)
Widechild (Junior Readers)
GALENORN, YASMINE
Changeling
Witchling
GARDNER, GERALD
High Magick's Aid
GARNER, ALAN
The Owl Service
GILLESPIE, DONNA
The Light Bearer
GRAHAM, JOYCE
Dark Sister
GRANT, RICHARD
Tex and Molly in the Afterlife
In the Land of Winter
GRAVES, SARAH
Triple Witch
GREY, NELL
The Golden Web
The Magic Women
HALEFF, MARLENE
Ring of Fire
HAMILTION, LAUREL K.
Caress of Twilight
Seduced by Moonlight
A Kiss of Shadows
A Stroke of Midnight
HAND, ELIZABETH
Walking the Moon
Black Light
HARTFORD, LAUREN
The Priestess Diaries (Adult Series)
Imaginary Lines (Part of the Coven of the Jeweled Dragon Series)
HARRISON, KIM
Dead Witch Walking
HEARN, JULIE
The Minister's Daughter (YA)
HINZE, VICKI
The Prophet's Lady
HOFFMAN, ALICE
Practical Magic
Turtle Moon
Illumination Night
Blackbird House
Seventh Heaven
The Probably Future
Fortune's Daughter
HOGSDON, WILLIAM HOPE
The Ghost Pirate and Other Revenants of the Sea (Series)
HOPKINSON, NALO
Brown Girl in the Ring
HORSLEY, KATE
Confessions of a Pagan Nun
JAKOBER, MARIE
The Black Chalice
JINKS, CATHERINE
The Pagan Exile Series (Junior Readers)
JOCKS, YVONNE, ed.
Words of the Witches (short fiction compilation from various contributors)
JONES, LINDA WINSTEAD
The Sun Witch
The Moon Witch
The Star Witch
KERNAGHAN, EILEEN
The Snow Queen
KINSTLER, CLYSTA
The Moon Under Her Feet
KIPLING, RUDYARD
Puck of Pook's Hill (YA)
Reward and Faires (Junior: collection of short stories)
KURTZ, KATHERINE
Lammas Night
Death of an Adept
LACKEY, MERCEDES
Adult Series: The Valdemar Series
Adult Series: Diane Tregarde Investigations (3 books)
Magic's Pride
LADY LILITH
If Mermaids Could Dance
LAMB, CYNTHIA
Brigid's Charge
LAITY, K.A.
Pelzmantel
LASKY, KATHRYN
Beyond the Burning Time (YA)
LEVINE, GAIL CARSON
(Children - David Christiana, illustrator)
Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg
LAWRENCE, CHARLOTTE
The Rag Bone Man
LITTLEFLAME, ESMERELDA
The Temple of Twelve
LYLLELYN, MORGAN
The Red Branch
The Elements
The Horse Goddess
Finn McCool
The Druids
MARILLIER, JULIET
The Seven Waters Trilogy
WolfSkin
FoxMask
Child of the Prophecy
Daughter of the Forest
The Dark Mirror (1st book in Bradei Chronicles)
MASTERS, ALEXIS
The Giuliana Legacy
McCOY, EDAIN
The Ninth Hallows (A revised and rereleased edition of
"Three Witches Dead," availbable soon).
MILES, ROSALIND
Isolde: Queen of the Western Isle
MOORE, JOANNA K.
Three of Swords
MORRISON, DOROTHY
Lucinda's Web
NAYLOR, GLORIA
Mama Day
NIX, GARTH
Sabriel
NORTON, ANDRE, et al
Adult Series: Witch World
OWINGS, ROBERT
Call of the Forbidden Way
PEEL, JOHN
(YA: The Diadem Series)
Book of Names
Book of Signs
Book of Magic
Book of Earth
Book of Thunder
PERRY, ANN
Tituba of Salem Village (YA about Salem Witch Trials)
PIERCE, TAMORA
Circle of Magic, YA series (multiple titles)
PRATCHETT, TERRY
Wee Free Men (YA)
A Hat Full of Sky (YA)
RAVENWOLF, SILVER
Beneath a Mountain Moon
Murder at Witches’ Bluff
YA Series: Witches’ Chillers (three titles)
REINHART, LAUREL ANN
Seams of Magic: A Girl's Journey (Junior Readers)
RHODES, JEWELL P.
Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau
RICCIO, DOLORES STEWART
Charmed Circle
Circle of Five (Continuation of "Charmed Circle")
RINALDI, ANN
A Break With Charity
(YA about Salem Witch trials)
ROBERTS, NORA
(Three Sisters Island Trilogy)
Key of Valor
Key of Light
Key of Knowledge
ROSENBLOOM, EILEEN
Stuck Down (Junior Readers)
ROWLING, J.K.
The Harry Potter series
SELLARS, M.R.
(Adult Series: The Rowan Gant Investigations)
[In Order of Release....]
Harm None
Never Burn a Witch
Perfect Trust
The Law of Three
Crone's Moon
Love Is the Bond
All Acts of Pleasure
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Drama)
SHAYNE, MAGGIE
Forever Enchanted
Fairytale
Darker Than Midnight
Thicker Than Water
SHAYNE, MAGGIE & LORNA TEDDER
Witch Moon Rising, Witch Moon Waning
SHELLEY, LAUREN
Christian Witch (Part of the Coven of the Jeweled Dragon Suspense Series)
SILVERWIND, SELENE
Once Upon a Beltane Eve
SINGLETON, LINDA JOY
O No! UFO! (Junior Readers)
Shamrocked (Junior Readers)
Last Dance (part of the YA "Seer" series)
SPEARE, ELIZABETH GEORGE
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (older YA)
SPIDER-HAWK, VILA
Hidden Passages: Tales to Honor the Crone
STARHAWK
The Fifth Sacred Thing
Walking to Mercury
STEPHENS, JAMES
The Crock of Gold
STERN, D.A., compiler
The Blair Witch Project
STOLARZ, LAURIE FARIA
(YA: Nightmares Series)
Blue is for Nightmares
White is for Magick
Silver is for Secrets
Red is for Remembrance
SWEET, J.H.
The Fairy Chronicles (Junior Reader Series)
TEDDER, LORNA
Flying By Night
Access
The "Third Degree Diaries" Series (Adult--currently 8 titles)
Flying By Night (A Coven of the Jeweled Dragon book)
Waiting on the Thunder (A Coven of the Jeweled Dragon book)
TEDDER, LORNA & MAGGIE SHAYNE
Witch Moon Waxing, Witch Moon Waning
TIERNAN, CATE
YA Series: Sweep (multiple titles)
TOMPERT, ANN
(Children - Robert Andrew Parker, illustrator)
Grandfather Tang's Story
TYSON, DONALD
The Tortuous Serpent
The Messenger
WESTFIELD, MORVEN
Darksome Thirst
The Old Power Returns
WHEATLEY, DENNIS
The Irish Witch
Strange Conflict
WINDLIN, TERRI & ELLEN DATLOW, eds.
The Green Man (collection of short fiction)
WOODS, GLENN
Essence: This Little Ghost Girl Wants to Tell You Her Story
