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  • Eight Ways to Tequila by Tricia O'Malley

    Eight Ways to Tequila by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    For one jewelry-obsessed witch, a star sapphire necklace is worth dying for....NY Times & USA Today bestselling author, Tricia O'Malley, takes you back to the funky town of Tequila Key where magick and mystery mix like a delicious margarita.When a jewelry heist goes down right in front of Miss Elva’s eyes, she recruits Althea and Luna to help recover the missing piece...
  • New Ghosts, Old Tricks by Lily Harper Hart

    New Ghosts, Old Tricks by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Harper Harlow-Monroe has everything she’s ever wanted. She has a husband she loves, a best friend who is only irritating fifty percent of the time, and a daughter who refuses to be “normal.” So, basically, she has it all.Then the unthinkable happens. During an afternoon picnic with her husband and daughter, Harper’s yard is flooded with ghosts … right as five bodies float by on the river...
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    magic  witches  mystery  fantasy  paranormal  humor
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  • Tequila Four: An Althea Rose Mystery by Tricia O'Malley

    Tequila Four: An Althea Rose Mystery by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    It isn’t every day that a billionaire pharmacy CEO sails his yacht down to Tequila Key to see how the common folk live. Or in Chadwick Harrington’s case, to hide out from the media circus threatening to ruin his not-so-illustrious career after he privatized a patented cure for Alzheimer’s. No wonder he’s called “The Most-Hated Man in America...
  • The Haunted Hotel Hoopla by Amanda M. Lee

    The Haunted Hotel Hoopla by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Charlie Rhodes is struggling. She thought finding her family would fix everything. It hasn’t, and the threat that’s cast a long shadow over her life is only getting larger. Still, when an opportunity arises to go to Savannah – one of her bucket list cities – she jumps at the chance...
  • Lies and Pumpkin Pies by Trixie Silvertale

    Lies and Pumpkin Pies by Trixie Silvertale

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When a broomball rivalry turns deadly, can this psychic sleuth save the man she loves?Mitzy Moon doesn’t do sports, but girlfriends are supposed to try new things. And watching her handsome sheriff’s team strut their stuff across the ice has its perks. But the thrill fades faster than cheap lipstick when the opponent’s captain is found murdered, and her boyfriend is the prime suspect...
  • Tequila Shots & Valentine Knots by Tricia O'Malley

    Tequila Shots & Valentine Knots by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Valentine’s Day has arrived in Tequila Key and Miss Elva, the resident Voodoo Priestess, has been asked to concoct a love potion for a couple that needs some extra spice in their marriage. When her pirate ghost, Rafe, sees the potion and thinks it is for Miss Elva – all hell breaks loose. Get swept along on a fun Valentine's Day story in quaint Tequila Key...
  • Don't Give a Witch by Amy Boyles

    Don't Give a Witch by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Dylan Apel is at it again… When the Magical Abilities contest is announced, Dylan couldn't give a flip about entering. But when she discovers the prize is the coveted Never Forget, a spell that makes you immune to mind erasing, she's all in. That is, until the potion is stolen. Now, she's on lock down in Castle Witch with a thief on the loose...
  • Deadly Spells and a Southern Belle by Amy Boyles

    Deadly Spells and a Southern Belle by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 18 ratings
    Escape to Witch's Forge, a magical town tucked deep in the heart of Tennessee's Smoky Mountains.Only Witch's Forge isn't a supernatural paradise-here spells backfire, kudzu bites and magic is broken. That is, until Charming Calhoun arrives. Charming has everything a Southern Belle could ask for-a thriving matchmaking business and great employees...
  • Tequila & Time by Ann Charles

    Tequila & Time by Ann Charles

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Tequila is a slippery devil ...Tequila is a slivvery depil ...Tequila issa slipperppery debil ... depil ...Recipe for drunken two best friends since childhood;Add four shots of tequila each;Sprinkle in a handful of secrets;Shake...
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    mystery  witches  magic  fae  demons  paranormal  humor  fantasy
  • Fried Green Witch by Amy Boyles

    Fried Green Witch by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can Dylan free her family from jail? Southern witch Dylan Apel seems to have her life figured out. Plan wedding to her boyfriend--check. Make dresses--check. Deal with crazy pregnant ladies--not so much. Life's going great until Dylan and her sister Sera become entangled in a baby shower murder...
  • Fatal Fortune by Leighann Dobbs

    Fatal Fortune by Leighann Dobbs

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A cryptic note leads the Blackmoore sisters to a haunted island in the Atlantic Ocean. Many have looked for the treasures reported to be buried there by pirates decades ago, but precious few treasures have been found. And certainly not the powerful energy-infused jewel the Blackmoores are looking for...
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    mystery  magic  witches  paranormal  fantasy  length-short
  • Fire King by Milly Taiden

    Fire King by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book 4 of the Crystal Kingdom Running is Chelsea Golby's escape. Literally. She runs to get away from the pain of being rejected after asking the love of her life to marry her. Instead of wallowing in self-pity, or a pint of Ben and Jerry's, she heads to the Crystal Kingdom to hang out with her sister Avery, the new Elf Queen...
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    witches  demons  fae  magic  angels  shapeshifters  fantasy  paranormal
  • Cold Flame by Ann Charles

    Cold Flame by Ann Charles

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Some old flames won't stop smoldering ... Zoe Parker knew better than to play with fire. Fireman Reid Martin sparked a flame in her that she couldn't put out. Will Zoe be able to escape with her heart before she gets burned? COLD FLAME is the third story in the "Deadwood Shorts" collection, set between the sixth and seventh books in the Deadwood Mystery Series...
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    mystery  witches  magic  fae  paranormal  humor  fantasy  m-f
  • The Witch's Handbook to Hunting Vampires by Amy Boyles

    The Witch's Handbook to Hunting Vampires by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    All Andie Taylor wants is a quiet life. Andie Taylor is your average single mom. She's got a beautiful toddler, a great job at the local preschool, a neurotic best friend and one huge secret—she used to hunt vampires. Now retired, Andie would much rather be wiping kid snot off her clothes than stalking the undead...
  • The Pine Hill Inn by J A WHITING

    The Pine Hill Inn by J A WHITING

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 1 in the Ella Daniels Mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J. A. Whiting. Ella Daniels, a professor of American history at Green Hill University, comes from a family with many talents, and seeing ghosts is one of them. The family matriarch, Aunt Jin, has agreed to allow a journalist to do a story on their business, Green Hill Investigations...
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    witches  magic  mystery  suspense  fantasy  paranormal
  • Holiday Spirits by Yasmine Galenorn

    Holiday Spirits by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Kip gets himself in serious trouble, a strange spirit enters the house—one that at first poses as Santa Claus. But beneath that jolly exterior, lies a dark creature from legend and lore. Join Emerald O’Brien for the holidays, as she battles both psychic turbulence as well as the demons every mother faces when her child lands in trouble with the law...
  • Rival Secrets: A Whispering Pines Mystery, Book 5 by Shawn McGuire

    Rival Secrets: A Whispering Pines Mystery, Book 5 by Shawn McGuire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What if your nemesis challenged you on your home turf? The sense of community. The quaint surroundings. The deadly rivalries. Welcome to Whispering Pines. As the weather turns crisp, Jayne O’Shea and the other villagers prepare for the last big tourist draw of the season: the autumn equinox festival...
  • A Charming Secret by Tonya Kappes

    A Charming Secret by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Bubble... Bubble... June Heal has it all. A Charming Cure, her magical cure shop in the town of Whispering Falls, is thriving and she's engaged to her childhood sweetheart and sheriff, Oscar Park. Petunia Shrubwood is taking over as Village President and there is a new bed and breakfast in town, Full Moon Treesort. Life in Whispering Falls is good. Cures And Trouble..
  • Witch It Real Good by Dakota Cassidy

    Witch It Real Good by Dakota Cassidy

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Stevie here, and I’m happy to report we’ve settled into our new lives and found a modicum of peace since our last death-defying incident. Mostly… My International Man of Mystery continues to lay low here in Ebenezer Falls until we can sort out his earthbound credentials, but we have a routine and as the holiday season begins, we’re ready to do a little celebrating...
  • Chaos at Crescent City Medical Center by Judith Lucci

    Chaos at Crescent City Medical Center by Judith Lucci

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    First book in the Alex Destephano series. It’s Mardi Gras season in post-Katrina New Orleans. With only one week until the big day, thousands of tourists have flocked to the city, paralyzing traffic and jamming the French Quarter with drunken crowds and garbage...
  • Forever and Beyond by Jayde Scott

    Forever and Beyond by Jayde Scott

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Hidden from mortal eyes and divided into three factions are the creatures of darkness that coexist with mortals. In the witches’ town Morganefaire, an ancient legend tells the story of a mirror that was once shattered into four fragments, each able to entrap a powerful soul...
  • Every Witch Way but Ghouls by K.E. O'Connor

    Every Witch Way but Ghouls by K.E. O'Connor

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to the magical mystery of Crimson Cove. A spellbound town full of puzzles and twisty turns.Feisty enchanted hedgehogs with eye-watering gas, a half-dragon with an attitude, and a headless corpse aren't the best things to start the day with!But that's what we encounter in our first week working for animal control in Crimson Cove...
  • The Way Back Home by Elle Gray

    The Way Back Home by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The end is here, and judgement has come.FBI agent Cora Pratt came to Storyville searching for the crazed Postcard Killer.A killer that has taunted her all over the USA.When she arrived in this quiet town, nothing could have prepared her for the supernatural mysteries that would unfold.Orphaned as a young child, Cora did not know about her family’s background...
  • Terrible Tidings in Hillbilly Hollow by Blythe Baker

    Terrible Tidings in Hillbilly Hollow by Blythe Baker

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The dead are back in town...While running the kettle corn stand at Hillbilly Hollow's Winter Carnival, Emma thinks she only has two jobs: raising money for the historical society and keeping off the carnival's creaky old Ferris wheel.But when a cranky bookstore owner is inconsiderate enough to turn up dead in the parking lot of the fair grounds, the event descends into chaos...
  • A Charming Death by Tonya Kappes

    A Charming Death by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is a short story in the Magical Cures Mystery Series between books 7 and 8. The wedding is finally here! June Heal and Oscar Park's upcoming nuptials are sending the Dark Sider and Good Sider spiritual in a tail spin on this All Hallow's Eve wedding celebration. Aunt Helena wants June to have a Good Sider ceremony, while Aunt Eloise wants Oscar to have a Dark Sider ceremony...
  • Knit, Purl... Murder! by Lyla Lockwood

    Knit, Purl... Murder! by Lyla Lockwood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Savvy Swift’s life is turned upside-down when she discovers her fiancé cheating. What’s a scorned girl to do? Take off in his classic Dodge Charger, of course!Savvy is just settling into her new home in Wickerton Hollow when the woman who takes her in is accused of killing the town hussy...
  • Spell It Out for Me by Sarina Dorie

    Spell It Out for Me by Sarina Dorie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You think you know the world of magical boarding schools? Not from a teacher's perspective at a school for at-risk youth. Clarissa Lawrence knew there would be a price to pay for accepting the assistance of a Fae’s magic, though she never thought it would cost her heart. . . . Clarissa has finally let go of the ghosts of boyfriends past and learned to love again...
  • Clairvoyant Clues by Paula Lester

    Clairvoyant Clues by Paula Lester

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Things are already going sideways for Zoey Rivers. Her mother, recently back from the dead, isn’t responsive, and Zoey’s dad isn’t making matters easier. But when the Sunnyside Retirement Home for Witches’ almost-resident psychic, Iris, goes missing, apparently unable to foresee her own troubles, Zoey’s day gets a thousand times more complicated. And, of course, that’s not the end of it...
  • Potions, Poisons, and Peril by Shéa MacLeod

    Potions, Poisons, and Peril by Shéa MacLeod

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Deepwood, Oregon Cozy. Magical. Deadly.Emory Chastain, owner of Healing Herbs, sells everything from love potions to herbal tea blends. She is also the most powerful witch of the modern era. When a stranger drops dead in her shop, Emory is left with no choice but to investigate...
  • Witch Way Did He Go? by Dakota Cassidy

    Witch Way Did He Go? by Dakota Cassidy

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It’s me again, Stevie Cartwright. Powerless ex-witch, pseudo medium, and amateur sleuth, reporting to you live from the case of the missing ex-British spy turned ghost/quite possibly one of the most important people to ever become a part of my life. You read that right...
  • Tegan's Magic by L.H. Cosway

    Tegan's Magic by L.H. Cosway

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Something is rotten in Tribane city. The humans are descending into madness and Tegan is certain that Theodore has something to do with it. The sorcerer and his followers have sent her father to hell and she's determined to bring him back. She's not going to lie down and play dead this time, now she has magic on her side...
  • Witch Perfect by Dakota Cassidy

    Witch Perfect by Dakota Cassidy

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hi, all! I’m back…er, I mean, we’re back and boy do we have a tale to tell!Now that Win is up and about, he’s been a very busy bee. He’s jumped in with both feet, getting involved in our community and living his best life now that he’s unencumbered by his spy past. He even joined the Ebenezer Falls garden club and made all the female member’s toes curl with his British charm...
  • Tulle Death Do Us Part by Annette Blair

    Tulle Death Do Us Part by Annette Blair

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    National bestselling author Annette Blair’s “fast-paced, fascinating” (Fresh Fiction) Vintage Magic series continues as clothing boutique owner Madeira Cutler takes on a murder from the past that won’t stay dead... Maddie’s love of classic fashion has made her Vintage Magic boutique a success—even if the visions she experiences when touching certain items often lead her into trouble...
  • Spell of the Ball by Deanna Chase, Kristen Painter

    Spell of the Ball by Deanna Chase, Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Just in time for Halloween. Check out this spooky collection of magical short stories by eight bestselling paranormal authors. Spirits, Hurricanes, and the Krewe of Ghoul by Deanna Chase It’s Halloween and Pyper Rayne’s all vamped up, ready to play the vampire bride. And so is Ida May, her resident ghost...
  • The Accidental Familiar by Dakota Cassidy

    The Accidental Familiar by Dakota Cassidy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When the warlock's away, the familiar will play! A Halloween party gone wrong will keep the OOPs crew putting out one fire after anothert. Join them this Halloween for a ghoulishly, magic-filled tale!...
  • A Fresh Brew: A Dragon Cozy Mystery by Verena DeLuca, N.A.K. Baldron

    A Fresh Brew: A Dragon Cozy Mystery by Verena DeLuca, N.A.K. Baldron

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Aconite Café, where dragons, coffee, and snark, are today’s special.Hailey Morton has just become the sole owner of Aconite Café. Upon her aunt’s death, Hailey also inherited her cat.Only Azure is no cat. He is actually a dragon, and Hailey has just inherited the position of Dragon Protector alongside the deed to the café...
  • Spells and Cells by Sam Short

    Spells and Cells by Sam Short

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Things are looking up for Millie Thorn. She’s finally enjoying life as a witch, and she’s even taken a part-time job teaching cookery in a school for paranormal children. She’s come to terms with the fact that the local policeman, Sergeant David Spencer, is her father, and she’s accepted that it might be better to wait a little longer until she drops that bombshell at his feet...
  • Loony Town by Paula Lester

    Loony Town by Paula Lester

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Caring for elderly witches at the retirement home in Sunnyside, California is a full-time job for Zoey Rivers. But when one of them is blitzing, causing magic to act even weirder than normal, things get...well, downright wacky.And when a local insurance agent winds up dead, some of the people Zoey is responsible for become the prime suspects...
  • Witch Way or the Highway by Jennifer L. Hart

    Witch Way or the Highway by Jennifer L. Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A homeless single mother is on a collision course with destiny.Laney is at the end of her rope. Homeless with three young girls in the mountains of North Carolina, all she wants is to keep her family together. But no one will give her and her girls a chance. Not until the mysterious Jess covers for her with the local sheriff.But there's more to Jess than meets the eye...
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    magic  witches  mystery  paranormal  fantasy  length-short
  • Three Tainted Teas by Lynn Cahoon

    Three Tainted Teas by Lynn Cahoon

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Aspiring witch and culinary entrepreneur Mia Malone must dispel a deadly plot to wreck her clients' wedding in this charming continuation of New York Times bestselling author Lynn Cahoon's Kitchen Witch Mystery series. Business is bubbling at Mia's catering service and cooking school, Mia's Morsels, but toil and trouble are not far behind...
  • Marigolds for Malice by Bailey Cattrell

    Marigolds for Malice by Bailey Cattrell

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In the third captivating Enchanted Garden Mystery from Bailey Cattrell, Elliana Allbright will need to dig up clues from the past to weed out a killer...Elliana Allbright is happy running her perfume shop, Scents & Nonsense, in the charming town of Poppyville, California...
  • Peppermint and Potions by Thora Bluestone

    Peppermint and Potions by Thora Bluestone

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Addie James's attempts to help out in Aunt Kate's tea shop are about to backfire bigtime, and Addie's new magic won’t be enough to get her out of a murder charge.Somewhat settled in the idyllic mountain town of Stargaze, former scientist Addie James still isn’t sure what she’s going to do with her life—or her newly discovered magical talent for reading tea leaves...
  • Lily by RM Walker

    Lily by RM Walker

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    This story has already been published in the anthology Falling For Them as Lily, also as Another Move. This is the same story in the anthology. When Lily and her mother move to a small Cornish village she never expected it to be any different from their previous moves. But truths she'd lied her whole life believing will be shattered. Myths will become reality and lies will be exposed...
    Categorized as:
    witches  mystery  magic  fae  fantasy  paranormal  reverse harem  poly
  • Gettin' Witched by Dakota Cassidy

    Gettin' Witched by Dakota Cassidy

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stevie here, reporting to you live from Ebenezer Falls, WA with my disaster of a day.Yes, that's right. I'm having a terrible day. The worst. It started off like any other day with the exception of Win's strange behavior, that is. But it's all gone downhill from there and I have questions.So many questions..
  • Any Witch Way But Goode ((Un)Lucky Valley #2) by Michelle M. Pillow

    Any Witch Way But Goode ((Un)Lucky Valley #2) by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From NY Times & USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Michelle M. Pillow, a Cozy Mystery Paranormal Romantic Comedy.The Garden Gnome Bed and Breakfast might be a new kooky weekend getaway spot, but for Lily Goode it’s the inheritance is the promise of a stable future for her and her siblings. Unfortunately, the house isn’t the only thing she’s inherited...
  • Murder, Take Two (A Witch City Mystery) by Carol J. Perry

    Murder, Take Two (A Witch City Mystery) by Carol J. Perry

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a copycat killer has reporter Lee Barrett brushing up on ancient history, it's a test where failure could be lethal . . .As a Salem, Massachusetts, native, WICH-TV field reporter and amateur sleuth Lee Barrett is well versed in the region's lore. So when the murder of revered local professor Samuel Bond resembles a killing from almost two centuries ago, everyone is on edge...
  • Cloaked in Malice by Annette Blair

    Cloaked in Malice by Annette Blair

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    There’s nothing Maddie loves more than fabulous vintage clothes, but the visions she gets while touching them are starting to wear her down. Even so, when a beautifully dressed girl comes to Vintage Magic in search of her past, Maddie isn’t about to turn her away, especially since she bears a striking resemblance to her good friend Dolly Sweet...
  • Scared Witchless by Amy Boyles

    Scared Witchless by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A witch. A murder. A wedding dress? Dylan Apel is having one heck of a summer. She knows her hand-made clothing is special, but magical? Discovering that she's a witch is bad enough, but when Dylan realizes there are folks who’ll kill to possess her witchy powers— that’s enough to make a girl want to hide out in the back of her boutique...
  • Four Charming Spells by Lynn Cahoon

    Four Charming Spells by Lynn Cahoon

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In this spellbinding continuation of the Kitchen Witch Mystery series by New York Times bestselling author Lynn Cahoon, witchcraft trainee Mia Malone summons tasty dishes and unearthly murder suspects . . . Before Mia Malone can sip tea at Time for a Cuppa, the charming new shop in Magic Springs, Idaho, her life changes course in downright supernatural ways...
  • Be Careful What You Witch For by Dawn Eastman

    Be Careful What You Witch For by Dawn Eastman

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Leaving a traumatic police career behind, Clyde Fortune has returned to her seemingly quiet hometown of Crystal Haven, Michigan. In spite of the psychic powers of its residents, there’s no telling what trouble is brewing in this burg…   The highlight of this year's fall festival in Crystal Haven is a bonfire with a witch’s cauldron resting over it...
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