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The Witches of the Blue Well
A Paranormal / Urban Fantasy Novella by Paula Brackston
Book 1 of the Shadow Chronicles Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Historical Fantasy,
- Witches,
- Early Eighteenth-Century Wales,
- Short Story,
- Family Legacy
This book is for you if you're into...
- Welsh folklore woven with real historical texts
- Short fiction exploring inherited magic and family survival
- Bonus author letters and vintage witchcraft lore excerpts
A captivating new original 20-page short story by Paula Brackston, author of The Witch's Daughter! "The Witches of the Blue Well" is the story of Ceri, a young woman in early eighteenth-century Wales whose grandmother always told her the magic blood of the women in their family flows through her veins.
But when famine and hardship come to their village, will Ceri be able to harness her magic to save herself and her sister, or will her power bring about the destruction of all that she loves?
With her signature enchanting style, Paula Brackston has penned an enthralling story set in the world of her novel The Winter Witch.
In addition to the short story, "The Witches of the Blue Well", this also contains a letter from the author, Paula Brackston, on writing The Winter Witch, and an excerpt from "Welsh Folk Lore: a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales," an authentic publication by the Reverend Elias Owen, from 1886, on witchcraft in Wales.
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