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    The Craft
    The Craft
    The Craft
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    The Craft

    By Top Writers Block

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    The Craft covers every manner of crafts - arts and crafts, witchcraft, spacecrafts and others. Whatever the story, there is often a surprise at the end, so relax for a while and read this collection of short stories by TWB. Take the time to decide which you liked best. The authors' proceeds continue to be sent to Sea Shepherd, who have dedicated themselves to protecting our oceans and seas and the life within.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTop Writers Block
    Release dateOct 1, 2014
    ISBN9781311203311
    The Craft
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    Top Writers Block

    Top Writers Block is a diverse and eclectic group of talented writers who decided to write stories together - just for the fun of it! We are happy to announce that authors proceeds have always gone, and will continue to go, to Sea Shepherd.fr every time Smashwords has made a payment! Thank you to those who have supported the group, independent authors, and Sea Shepherd. Our collections are usually written with one theme or genre in mind. Each author contributes when they have the time, so some of the collections have as many as twelve authors participating. Every collection has something new, with stories and poems ranging from romance, drama, and adventure to mystery, fantasy, and horror. All the Top Writers Block's proceeds will go to Sea Shepherd, so by buying you are helping to keep our oceans alive! Thank You all so much!

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      Book preview

      The Craft - Top Writers Block

      Collection of Short Stories

      by

      Top Writers Block

      on the theme:

      ‘The Craft’

      Copyright©Sept. 2014 Top Writers Block

      Published on Smashwords

      ISBN: 9781311203311

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

      http://suzystewartdubotbooks.weebly.com

      Smashwords License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of these authors.

      Credits

      Cover design : Suzy Stewart Dubot

      Photos : http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=82535&picture=tarot-cards-death

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      Table of Contents

      17+ by Suzy Stewart Dubot

      The Bo by Barnaby Wilde

      The Wood Carver by Tracey Howard

      The Glassmaker’s Magic by Don Bick

      A Sunday Market Seller by John Muir

      Which Craft? by Barnaby Wilde

      The Two Fat Ladies and the Craft of Cooking by Melissa Szydlek

      Astrology by John Muir

      17+

      by

      Suzy Stewart Dubot

      Copyright©Sept. 2014 Suzy Stewart Dubot

      An Anglo/American who has been living in France for over 30 years, she began writing as soon as she retired. She recently spent seventeen months in London, UK caring for an aged relative, but she is now back in France.

      Writing always follows her as easily as her laptop.

      With her daughters, she is a vegetarian and a supporter of animal rights. She is also an admirer of William Wilberforce.

      The movie had an ‘R’ rating on it, meaning that it was not suitable for young people under seventeen. They needed to be accompanied by an adult. As the movie hadn’t been all that successful, it had gone to the DVD version quicker than most.

      Emily was only fifteen, but she got to see it without an adult anyway. One of the girls at school had loaned her the DVD saying that it was ‘scary but cool!’ and, as all the other girls were talking about it, Emily was anxious to be ‘in the know’ too.

      She was a bright student with an open and receptive mind that absorbed knowledge much like the proverbial sponge. That capacity, however, left her more susceptible and impressionable. Days after visioning the film, the story and its images kept coming back to her. She had initially been troubled by all that happened in the film, but then she became intrigued enough to want to delve into the subject and its potential. The story was fiction (she knew the actresses who played in it), but perhaps it was based on actual happenings?

      ‘The Craft’ was a story about juvenile witchcraft. There had been other films before it that had told stories of super-natural goings-on provoked by adolescents, so this one somehow added to the real possibility of using witchcraft as the means to an end.

      She got books on the subject out of the library. She went on the internet and read all she could find. The snowball effect began to take place so that all her spare time was directed to learning more and more. Although she scared herself sometimes, it didn’t prevent her from continuing her searches and the accumulation of knowledge.

      Without telling anyone, she began spending her pocket money on the accessories that her research suggested were necessary for any serious involvement in ‘the craft.’ She bought calendars with dates showing when alignments with the moon, stars and other planets favoured any spells she might try.

      It wasn’t easy to hide what she was doing from her parents.

      Her mother had noticed how private she had become and how rarely she asked to go out with friends or have friends visit. As she worried, she asked her daughter on several occasions if she were feeling well, or if she was having problems at school or anything else that she, as her mother, could help with. Each time, Emily smiled and reassured her mom that it was just that exams were approaching and she wanted to do well.

      Emily was very excited about the next solstice, which also happened to have a full moon. There were other dates that were perhaps stronger for practicing any sort of sorcery, but Emily, being fifteen, tended to be a bit impatient.

      The night she planned for her first attempt, coincided with her parents going out to dinner with friends. That, to her, was a positive sign that everything was going in her favor.

      She had decided at the last minute to use the basement for the ritual as the laundry room had a concrete floor. It would be easier to clean after she had finished.

      As soon as her parents left (her mother had told her that her dinner was in the fridge), Emily went down into the basement with her all her accessories – candles, incense, stones, diagrams, chalk and written invocations, etc..

      It took her a good while to prepare everything to her satisfaction.

      Looking at the pentacle that she’d drawn on the floor, the lit candles, the stones placed in critical places and all the other elements, she suddenly felt worried.

      She realised that she had only been playing with the idea of witchcraft and that she didn’t really believe in it. At the bottom of her heart, it had all been a game that she

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