Eowyn Ivey
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY VIONA IELEGEMS
Ewyn Ivey’s award-winning 2012 debut novel The Snow Child tells the story of a...
If Wishes Were Mittens
As twilight touched the snowy, wooded landscape, the little girl saw her worried mother standing on the front porch of the tiny cottage and...
And Maidens Call It Love-In-Idleness
Children! To perform this nifty trick, ask your mother for a shelled-out lemon, balled-up handkerchiefs, a vial of perfume, fire, and a pistol. “I...
The Witch in Spring
Photograph by Ellen Tyn
Wake up, wake up! say the first snowdrops. Their green stems poke through the snow, and their delicate hanging bells quiver...
The Holly King
Illustration by Guinevere von Sneeden
Wassail, drink hail to the sleeping trees blanketed in a white cloak of snow, under the dark of night. Leave the warmth...
Mary Anning, Monster Hunter
Posthumous painting of Mary Anning (1847) by B. J. Donne
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Oh, Mary Anning. That stubborn young spinster gave us the...
Witch of the Wood
They said she was outside of the village by a couple of miles, in a sort of travel wagon camped on the edge of...
The Night of The Witch
Photo by Natalya Letunova on Unsplash
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Every few years they came searching and this was the year they found them. Three sisters living...
Into The Night Woods …With Moths, Bats, Mushrooms, Fairies, and Other...
Spring has its freshness and promise, summer gets all that lush light, and winter brings cozy idle hours—but autumn is really the most creative...
Grandmother Elder
My grandmother was a mysterious woman—quiet and stern, her burdens etched harshly across her face. Her home was unremarkable, uncluttered, and as sensible as...