The Book of Witches

by Jonathan Strahan (Editor)
  • “What Is a Witch?” Jonathan Strahan ★½
  • “Seed of Power” Linda D. Addison ★★
  • “What I Remember of Oresha Moon Dragon Devshrata” P. Djèlí Clark ★★★½
  • “The Luck Thief” Tade Thompson ★★★½
  • “Good Spells” Ken Liu ★★★
  • “The Liar” Darcie Little Badger ★★★★★
  • “Met Swallow” Cassandra Khaw ★½
  • “The Nine Jars of Nukulu” Tobi Ogundiran ★★★
  • “In a Cabin, In a Wood” Kelly Robson ★★½
  • “What Dreams May Come” C. L. Clark ★★★★
  • “She Who Makes the Rain” Millie Ho ★★
  • “Orphanage of the Last Breath” Saad Z. Hossain ★★★
  • “The Unexpected Excursion of the Murder Mystery Writing Witches” Garth Nix ★★★
  • “So Spake the Mirrorwitch” Premee Mohamed ★★★
  • “Just a Nudge” Maureen McHugh ★★★ This read as extra white
  • “Her Ravenous Waters” Andrea Stewart ★★★
  • “Nameless Here for Evermore” Fonda Lee ★★★¼

Kind of disappointed the intro and stories were about magic and often included stereotypes. None were about the dishonesty of myth creation in the persecuting control and punishment of women.