magic

Jul 2017 15

Witch Summer Night’s Cream By H.Y. Hanna: Review/Giveaway/Interview

2017 Articles, Fantasy & Fangs, Food Fun, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Kathleen Costa

Caitlyn Le Fey was led to Tillyhenge in the Cotswold countryside in search of information about her past. There she discovered a grandmother, an Aunt Bertha, a cousin Evie, and the shocking revelation that they are all witches, including herself. It’s been slow, but her magical apprenticeship is exciting. While helping her grandmother, Widow Mags, in the Bewitched by Chocolate shop, she is able to test out various techniques and learn how to manipulate chocolate with the most delicious and magical results.

Jun 2017 17

Sweetland Witch Series By Zoe Arden: Reviews/Giveaway/Interview

2017 Articles, Fantasy & Fangs, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Kathleen Costa

Welcome to Heavenly Haven, an island known for its year-round summers courtesy of the Witch’s Council. Yes, I said the Witch’s Council. The island is a haven for a large community of witches, warlocks and other magical creatures…good and bad. Generally, the humans who reside on or visit the island have no knowledge of this magical community. They just think it is a great place…until, of course, magic, mayhem and murder are added to the itinerary.

Mar 2017 18

Bewitched by Chocolate Mystery series By H.Y. Hanna

2017 Articles, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Kathleen Costa

Our bewitching story begins with Caitlyn Le Fey sitting with her cousin, Pamona, savoring her tea and scones and pondering the somewhat shocking revelations of her birth. Her mother recently died in a tragic accident, and surrounded by her mother’s lawyers she was handed a letter—a letter that announced she was adopted, well, it turns out she was really found abandoned on the side of the road near a little Cotswold village called Tillyhenge with an unusual runestone around her neck.

Mar 2017 4

Rogue Reviews 2017

2017 Articles, Arts & Entertainment, Lorie Lewis Ham, Mallory Moad, Music, Terrance V. Mc Arthur, Theatre

by KRL Staff

Throughout the week we will be posting reviews here of Rogue shows! Check back several times a day! And then go out and enjoy the Rogue Festival! To check out our Rogue preview article & some Rogue performer preview articles go to our Arts & Entertainment section. We will also be posting some performer video interviews on our YouTube Channel. So far we have reviews of Joy Compactor, Tidal Surge, Dances to Heal the Soul, Poetry and Prose From Fresno State, Too Old To Be This Young, Delirium, The Magic of Elder, Discrete Packets of Song, My Cat Thinks It's A Pig, The Wallaby Way, Joan of Sn'arc, Moonlight After Midnight, A Fatal Step, Thanks For Coming, Healing Stories, Chelsea > Blake, and Stalking Grace.

Jan 2017 7

Bell, Book, & Candlemas By Jennifer David Hesse

2017 Articles, Fantasy & Fangs, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Kathleen Costa

Keli Milanni, family law attorney and borderline yuppie, has a secret even her BFF doesn’t know. She is also a Pagan…a “Solitary Wiccan” practicing her faith in private not with a coven. She guards her secret from public scrutiny, since her Wiccan faith could be misconstrued by her associates and friends, and possible derail the budding relationship she has with artist/photographer Wesley Callahan.

Oct 2016 29

An Import of Intrigue By Marshall Ryan Maresca: Review/Giveaway/Guest Post

2016 Articles, Fantasy & Fangs, Mysteryrat's Maze, Terrance V. Mc Arthur

by Terrance Mc Arthur
& Marshall Ryan Maresca

They carry crossbows instead of service revolvers, and two moons shine down on the detectives in the streets of Maradaine, but An Import of Intrigue by Marshall Ryan Maresca is a police procedural with paranormal and steampunk rising.

Oct 2016 29

Putting on the Witch By Joyce & Jim Lavene: Review/Giveaway

2016 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

Until one of their coven members was murdered and their spell book stolen, the three witches of Wilmington, North Carolina planned on retiring and passing on their duties to a new generation. Air witch Olivia Dunst nevertheless returned in ghost form to help Molly Renard and Elsie Langston find and train the daughter Olivia gave up at birth, only to be surprised by the appearance of Dorothy’s biological father, the infamous Drago Rasmun.

Oct 2016 29

Charmed–18 Years Ago We Fell in Love with the Magic!

2016 Articles, Fantasy & Fangs, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Doward Wilson

18 years ago this month, we fell in love with the wonderful world of Witches, Warlocks, Demons, Whitelighters, Ghosts and every evil creature that you can imagine!

Oct 2016 15

The Good Witch On Hallmark

2016 Articles, Fantasy & Fangs, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Kathleen Costa

A shadow is seen in the alley. A light is seen in the abandoned house. A new resident arrives peaking interest and suspicion. The Good Witch opens with the town of Middleton enjoying cooler weather, dressing up in fall colors, and prepping for Halloween. Cassandra Nightingale (Catherine Bell) has taken up residence in the formerly abandoned and dilapidated mansion know as The Grey House with a deed and familial connection as the last living relative of the Grey Lady. She also has opened up a little shop called the Bell, Book, & Candle that offers herbs, elixirs, and unique crystals and charms to help with all sorts of maladies, concerns, and difficulties.

Oct 2016 8

The Witch and the Dead By Heather Blake: Review/Giveaway

2016 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Fantasy & Fangs, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

Darci Merriweather may be a practicing Wishcrafter in Salem, Massachusetts, but it’s not the upcoming Halloween season that has her on edge. What has her aflutter is moving out of her beloved Aunt Ve’s home into the newly remodeled and renovated home—one that she hopes to one day share with Police Chief Nick Sawyer and his daughter, Mia. It’s a change that inspires Aunt Ve to clear out her own garage, where she finds more than just old Christmas ornaments. Ve also finds the skeletonized corpse of her ex-husband Miles Babbage, whom she last saw on their wedding day, thirty years ago.