Merry Meet Again, Everyone!
It seems as if I just finished my spring and summer festival and bookstore tours and now it's already October. They say time seems to pass faster the older ones gets. I remember when I could hardly contain my excitement for the coming of Samhain, or Halloween as I knew it as a child.
My mother took my brother and I to yard sales and Goodwill, and we would find things there to inspire us to make our own costumes. Even if we used some store bought accouterments, we always had fantastic homemade touches created by my mother and her mother.
I'm old enough to remember the time when trick-or-treating door to door was safe, and, as soon as the sun set, dozens of kids in a variety of creative costumes would be darting back and forth across every street in the neighborhood. We didn't want to miss one single house. The mothers who followed their children, like mine, were exhausted by their efforts to keep track of their own children in the chaos while watching out for drivers who might not be paying attention to all the Witches, Hobgoblins, Cowboys, and Ballerinas in their path.
Today I enjoy the fact that Halloween is second only to the Christmas season in the amount of home and lawn decorations sold. I wish we'd had more of those when I was young. Though I've become lazy about decorating for any holiday, the early nights and crisp cool air as we approach Samhain always inspires me to do something creative.
With my partners Judy and Jon of TangoWithJudy.com, we hope to launch our first ever THE GHOST HUNTER'S TANGO TOUR in exotic Buenos Aires during Thanksgiving week 2008. In 2007 we managed to gain access to many haunted sites of which reporters and local ghost hunters have been denied access. We are hoping the companion book, which is as much about our night adventures in forbidden places as it is about the ghost we sought, will be released before the tour. If not, I will see that everyone going with us in 2008 gets a copy when the book is printed.
Please see the bottom of the Books and More page, or, for easier viewing, all details and costs will be posted in December 2007 on....
or at....
I wish a randy Beltane and joyous summer to everyone.
Edain
Season of Summer, 2007
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 GHOST HUNTER'S TANGO TOUR
18-24 November 2007 and Thanksgiving Week 2008
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Come along with me and my friends Judy and Jon as we take you through the many haunted places of this impressive city. In the birthplace of the sultry tango we will take you to dance where the spirit of a long dead waiter doesn't know his shift has ended. You will see the spot where the body of Evita rested for three years, being made immortal while her husband's regime crumbled. And you'll go inside the Casa Tomada (House Overtaken) where rooms were shut one by one as family members died or disappeared. Cost per person to be posted soon; here, at www.PiscesMoonParanormal.com, and at www.TangoWithJudy.com.
CALLING HER CHILDREN HOME
1st Weekend of May, 2008 (Tentative)
This is a new festival which will be starting small. The group hosting the event is based in Colorado with the event set to be in the Red Rock country of Utah. I'll post more details as they are available.
COUNTY MEATH, IRELAND (Tentative)
Summer 2008
At the invitation of the enchanting Janet Farrar and the intellectual Gavin Bone, several of we local Witches hope to spend some time in central Ireland in 2008, doing research, speaking with small groups, and doing research work. The team of people traveling with me hope to create some intriguing paranormal investigation DVDs.
FLORIDA PAGAN GATHERING 2008 (Tentative)
First weekend in November, 2008
Ocala National Forest, Florida
A friend requested that author Ann Moura and I please be at FPG for Samhain 2008 if she wins the bid to do the main ritual. I love FPG and everyone involved with it, and I need no special excuse to go, but I want to be there to support my friend should she be chosen to host the ritual.
CENTRAL ARKANSAS PAGAN PRIDE DAY
13 September 2008, North Little Rock, Arkansas
I was happy to accept an offer from this growing community to join their PPD festivities. Details will be posted as they become available, and hopefully so will a link to their website. Support them if you're local. They are trying hard to get their 503(c) charity tax exempt status so they can really expand their efforts.
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
October-December 2007, 2008 (ongoing)
Writing sabbatical and research time. With my friends in Buenos Aires we are launching The Ghost Hunter's Tango Tours beginning Thanksgiving week 2007 and again in 2008. We also plan to put together the ultimate Evita tour, combining the best of her life's and afterlife journey through this magnificent city. Details will be posted here, at PiscesMoonParanormal.com, and at TangoWithJudy.com as they become available.
*ON THE ROAD NOTICES*
I wish I had more time to share with my fellow Pagans. I get so high on the energy of gatherings and festivals that I wear myself out, and it takes days for my brain to return unwillingly to the real world. I overextended myself in 2007, and every muscle in my body is reminding me I'm no kid anymore. Look here or on PiscesMoonParanormal.com for announcements of events to take place in North America, Latin America, and Europe over the next two years.
Because of writing and research commitments, and tentative promises made to other festival organizers, I am unable to accept any more invitations for 2008, and very few in 2009. Please don't hesitate to contact me though. If I'm free, I'll be there. If not, I will be happy to help you find someone else who can be there. Thank you to all who've honored me with your generous invitations.
Merry Meet We Will!
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.
Humberto and Lucía on Tour in Belgium
Humberto Décima was my first authentic Argentine dance partner, a friend of my Buenos Aires friends Judy and Jon. Humberto was also one of my former dance teachers (I wore Jon out--HA!), and we have become good friends. He and his partner, Lucía Velásquez do a performance and teaching tour of Europe from May - September each year, and hope to get to The United States soon. Click the link below to reach their bilingual website.
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 we are building a great database of titles for anyone seeking works of fiction of interest to our community. Please continue to e-mail me with updates or about anything else I may have overlooked.
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. 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
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
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
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
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
MILES, ROSALIND
Isolde: Queen of the Western Isle
MOORE, JOANNA K.
Three of Swords
NAYLOR, GLORIA
Mama Day
NIX, GARTH
Sabriel
McCOY, EDAIN
Three Witches Dead & the Last One Said....
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
VINSON, XANNA
The Song of the Emerald Dove
WESTFIELD, MORVEN
Darksome Thirst
The Old Power Returns
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
