Modern day Wiccans exist. Many people still practice
the ancient religion. In researching
Wiccan practices for my novella, Witches’
Cliff, I learned a lot of things I didn’t know before like the use of
crystals or minerals in their practices.
Wiccan Gerald Gardner’s Book of
Shadows was used in the television show Charmed
and is still used today. Penny finds
that original book in Barrett’s Books and Antiquities and is treated poorly
after picking it up and carrying it to the front. It fell from the top of a seldom used
bookcase, but the proprietor acted like she was trying to steal it. That was
when Penny realized this quaint little town held a lot of secrets it didn’t
intend to give up.
Originally
traveling to the Vermont Deerbourne Inn for a weekend get-away from her home in
Salem, Massachusetts, Penney encountered people and things she hadn’t planned
on. An old woman kept appearing and disappearing telling her to go home. She never went looking for Liam, the
attractive electrician at the inn, or another witch. But they found her. It was Halloween and she wanted to contact
her ten-times great-grandmother to ask her opinion on a marriage proposal back
home. She got more than she bargained
for.
The
village had a dreadful past they didn’t talk about in town. About the same time
as the Salem Witch Trials, Willow Springs, Vermont had their own trials. But instead of burning the witches at the
stake, they threw them from the cliffs to their deaths below. Later the bones of the witches were gathered
to make a monument to the ones who went before.
An arch was formed at the entrance to the cliffs as a reminder of those
dark days and they could be a help or a hinderance to all who climbed the trail
to the top of the cliff.
Penny
came to contact her ancestor on Halloween, the most powerful time of the year
for a witch. But would her grandmother
help or hinder Penny in her quest for answers?
Check
out Witches’ Cliff and leave me a
review. It is only one of the many
novellas about the Deerbourne Inn located in the quaint Vermont
countryside. The inn has many stories to
tell.
Peggy Chambers
Witches' Cliff Available on Amazon
and other online retailers
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