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Witches of Lychford

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by Paul Cornell
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New construction disrupts the dark forces within a rural English village in this "beautifully written, perfectly cruel, and ultimately kind" horror novella (Seanan McGuire, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Every Heart a Doorway).
The villagers in the sleepy hamlet of Lychford are divided. A supermarket wants to build a major branch on their border. Some welcome the employment opportunities, while some object to the modernization of the local environment.
Judith Mawson (local crank) knows the truth—that Lychford lies on the boundary between two worlds, and that the destruction of the border will open wide the gateways to malevolent beings beyond imagination.
But if she is to have her voice heard, she's going to need the assistance of some unlikely allies. In Witches of Lychford, Paul Cornell blends otherworldly terror and quotidian life in the Cotswalds.

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  • Series

    Witches of Lychford

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  • Release date

    June 4, 2024

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9781466891890
      • File size: 536 KB

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      • ISBN: 9781466891890
      • File size: 1198 KB

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      • ISBN: 9781466891890
      • File size: 1021 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 17, 2015
      Cornell—author of comics, Doctor Who books, postapocalyptic narratives, and supernatural police procedurals—reworks familiar concepts of fairies and ancient mythologies in this intriguing novella. Lychford, an English hamlet suffering under the government’s austerity policies, is divided over whether to welcome a new superstore, Sovo, in place of its faltering local businesses. Curmudgeonly 71-year-old Judith Mawson knows that Lychford is the crossroads where many magical worlds connect, and if the street pattern is disrupted, chaos will inevitably reign. She bands together with Autumn, an atheist who owns a New Age shop, and Lizzie, the town’s widowed vicar, to stop Sovo from permanently changing Lychford and letting dangerous spirits cross the boundaries keeping our world safe. With clarity and wit, Cornell cleverly juxtaposes the setting of a sleepy English town against the notion of an enchanted land. His characters are well-defined, and their foibles and idiosyncrasies make for an engaging read. Refreshing and suspenseful, this novella is an inventive look at the idea of magic lurking just beyond one’s reach.

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