‘… there’s a market out there of people who want some daily relief from the gloom and doom …’
Eidtor’s note: Witcraft founder Doug Jacquier announced February 19 , 2025,that this literary site would cease publication effective March 31, 2025. Read more.
Tired of wading through the negativity flooding your social media and news feeds? Why not shut down X and Facebook for a while and visit Witcraft, an online journal that offers a daily dose of comic relief, which is much-needed these days.
Continue reading “Friday Five: Q&A with Witcraft founder and editor Doug Jacquier”I kicked the habit (kicked the habit, kicked the habit)
Shed my skin (shed my skin)
This is the new stuff (this is the new stuff)
I go dancing in (we can go dancing in)– Peter Gabriel, “Sledgehammer“
Happy Lunar New Year, folks, and welcome to the Year of the Snake. It begins today, January 29, 2025.
While many of us in Western cultures have been taught to take a dim view of the slithery creature — thanks to the serpent’s role in the Old Testament story of the fall of humanity — but that is not the case in the Eastern hemisphere. In much of Asia, the snake is “celebrated and revered” as a symbol of transformational change, writes Kimmy Yam in this NBC News story about the Lunar New Year.
Continue reading “What will you shed in the Year of the Snake?”
Andy writes! 