Witches (anthology)

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Cover artist Kinuko Kraft Language English Media type Print (Paperback) Originally published 1984 Genre Fantasy Preceded by Wizards		Country United States Publication date 1984 Pages 350 pp. Author Martin H. Greenberg Publisher New American Library
Series Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy Similar Works by Martin H Greenberg, Science Fiction books

Witches is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of witches edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the second volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in April 1984. It was later gathered together with Wizards, the first book in the series, into the omnibus hardcover collection Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Witches & Wizards (1985).

The book collects fourteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.

"Introduction" (Isaac Asimov)

"My Mother Was a Witch" (William Tenn)

"A Message from Charity" (William M. Lee)

"The Witch" (A. E. van Vogt)

"The Witches of Karres" (James H. Schmitz)

"Devil's Henchman" (Murray Leinster)

"Malice in Wonderland" (Rufus King)

"Operation Salamander" (Poul Anderson)

"Wizard's World" (Andre Norton)

"Sweets to the Sweet" (Robert Bloch)

"Poor Little Saturday" (Madeleine L'Engle)

"Squeakie's First Case" (Margaret Manners)

"The Ipswich Phial" (Randall Garrett)

"Black Heart and White Heart" (H. Rider Haggard)

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