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The Spook's Stories: Witches is a spin-off set of collected stories about witches in the world of The Wardstone Chronicles. It was released on October 1st 2009 just in time for Halloween. This is the second 'spin-off' or 'companion' to accompany the main series, after The Spook's Tale. The US version of the series, The Last Apprentice, released the same collection of short stories in The Last Apprentice: A Coven of Witches.

The Spook's Stories: Witches
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First edition cover of The Spook's Stories: Witches''

Author

Joseph Delaney

Genre

Horror, Chiller, Children's Book, Mild Fantasy, Weird Fiction

Publishers

  • Bodley Head (UK)
  • Greenwillow Books (US)

Release Date

October 1st 2009

Pages

250 Pages

Place in the series

Companion - Short Stories

Preceded by

The Spook's Tale

Followed by

The Spook's Bestiary (TBR)

 


Book Description[]

For years, the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from ghosts and boggarts, but more especially from witches.

The stories describe John Gregory's past relationship with the lamia witch Meg Skelton, the recollections of a now dead witch, Grimalkin's tale of her runin with the fiend, Alice's struggles with Bony Lizzie, and one of Tom's adventures during his six months with Bill Arkwright.

And here are five dark and terrifying witch stories from the Spook's own collection. There are child-eating witches, witch assassins, Celtic witches, dead witches, and witches so beautiful they can break a man's heart.

These stories will chill your blood and frighten you to your very bones. Just remember not to read them after dark.

Short Stories[]

  • Meg Skelton
  • Dirty Dora
  • Grimalkin's Tale
  • Alice and the Brain Guzzler
  • The Banshee Witch


Meg Skelton[]

Chapter One: The Fight with the Abhuman[]

Chapter Two: Harbouring a Witch[]

Chapter Three: Just a Pussycat[]

Dirty Dora[]

Chapter One: My Sabbaths[]

Chapter Two: My Doom[]

Chapter Three: My Revenge[]

Grimalkin's Tale[]

Alice and the Brain Guzzler[]

Chapter One: My Name is Alice Dean[]

Chapter Two: A Witch You'll Always Be[]

Chapter Three: Nanna Nuckle's Head[]

Chapter Four: Brain Plugs in Apple Juice[]

Chapter Five: Seven Big Handfuls[]

The Banshee Witch[]

Chapter One: A Hard Lesson[]

Chapter Two: The Shroud Washer[]

Chapter Three: The Worme[]

Chapter Four: The Celtic Assassin[]

Chapter Five: The Banshee Cry[]

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