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...
Magic Spells and Tangled Paths
Photography by THE WITCHING HOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
Model: Tatiana Pimentel
Jewelry: Parrish Relics
Set and styling: Jen Parrish-Hill
Wardrobe: Lisa Gill
An enchanted castle, bursting with roses and secrets. A...
Magic by Moonlight
Photography by PRISCILLA HERNANDEZ
Instagram @yidneth
The sun was directly overhead but would soon bow to the moon. She was preparing the garden. All the moonlight...
The Eternal Wisdom of Sappho
Feature Image:
Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene (1864), by Simeon Solomon
According to the Ancient Greek poet Alcaeus of Mytilene, “No man sings...
The Naturalist’s Dream of Mermaids Collecting In The Deep
I. An expedition
More scientists than sirens, the mermaids
gather specimens with the stalking skill
of anglerfish. They catalogue all evidence
in an abyssopelagic lab, sterile in the...
Out of the Hatch
From Issue 59 - The Nautical Issue
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When it rained, you felt it from all sides. The persistent pitter-patter of droplets...
Love Never Ending
Photography by Gale Zucker. Model Ali Weiss
At first she didn’t know a spell had been cast upon her husband. They had known each other...
The Witch Behind the Witches
Feature Image: Major Andre’s Tree, from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1928), by Arthur Rackham
A confession is required before we begin. Although I spent...
Written In The Stars
Illustration by GUINEVERE VON SNEEDEN
Charumati glanced over her shoulder, just once. Her gaze swept the celestial palace where she had spent her life.
How it...
Coyote Season
Winter is a lesson in magic because it is a season of paradox. It is the time of hustle, bustle, and busyness. It’s the...