Welcome to The Wormhole and my stop on the tour.
It is my pleasure to feature Jessica Penot and The Accidental Witch.
BIO:
Jessica
Penot is a writer and therapist who lives in Alabama with her children,
husband, corgis, and other strange creatures.
She is the author of Haunted North Alabama, Haunted Chattanooga and
Circe.
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Phaedra Michaels is a small
town psychologist who is beginning to lose hope. Two of her patients at
the local hospital in Dismal, Alabama have just killed themselves, she’s still
reeling from her divorce and what turned out to be a disastrous marriage, and
her father has died, leaving her without any notion of who her real mother is.
Just as Phaedra decides to commit herself to a serious drinking problem and an eating disorder, or two, a mysterious spell book arrives in the mail. Feeling desperate, Phaedra uses it to cast spells to save her fading patients. Suddenly, good things start happening. Phaedra’s patients begin to get better and she even starts dating the sexy doctor from the hospital.
Phaedra is so happy she doesn't notice the small things that start to go wrong in Dismal, or the dark creatures slithering out of the shadows near her house. When Phaedra finally realizes her spells have attracted every card-carrying demon from hell, she has no choice but to accept help from a slightly nerdy, 500 year-old warlock with a penchant for wearing super hero T-shirts and a knack for getting under Phaedra’s skin. Now, if only she could get the hang of this witch thing, she might be able to save her town.
Just as Phaedra decides to commit herself to a serious drinking problem and an eating disorder, or two, a mysterious spell book arrives in the mail. Feeling desperate, Phaedra uses it to cast spells to save her fading patients. Suddenly, good things start happening. Phaedra’s patients begin to get better and she even starts dating the sexy doctor from the hospital.
Phaedra is so happy she doesn't notice the small things that start to go wrong in Dismal, or the dark creatures slithering out of the shadows near her house. When Phaedra finally realizes her spells have attracted every card-carrying demon from hell, she has no choice but to accept help from a slightly nerdy, 500 year-old warlock with a penchant for wearing super hero T-shirts and a knack for getting under Phaedra’s skin. Now, if only she could get the hang of this witch thing, she might be able to save her town.
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Short
Excerpt:
It is
amazing how the most world-changing days can seem entirely mundane to begin
with. Friday the 13th seemed no different than any other day to me.
I woke up late, as always, and rushed to get dressed and make it to the car
with my usual box of animal crackers and diet cola. I pulled my shoes on as I
backed out of the driveway and ate while I drove to work.
I was late
to work, but just early enough to not be noticed as late. The small hospital
where I worked was a blip in a vast nowhere and the small psychiatric floor I
worked on was a blip in a blip. I was a blip within a blip within a blip,
making me practically nothing. I could’ve died in my sleep and the world would
barely belch. I liked to think that I was good at what I did. I liked to think
that even though I was a nothing, I made a difference in the patients’ lives. I
was one of those deluded people that believed in saving the world one person at
a time. I guess I still am. Certainly, I was one of the few people that
actually cared about the patients. The management didn’t care that I cared.
Management was too busy trying to balance the books and keep the floor
profitable to care what the staff did with the patients. I could take all the
patients outside and have them moo like cows and management wouldn’t care as
long as I billed it as a recreational therapy group and got the proper
reimbursement.
My thoughts:
I enjoyed this story. It is well written and nicely paced. The characters are interesting and the storyline is unusual and intriguing. I was pleased to find that although the tale is dark, most of the characters sad, that the plot pulled me along and Phaedra's strength kept me going. It was interesting to watch her figure things out. It is not your average witch story.
