![]() ![]() ![]() It was included in David Pringle's Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels and in Fantasy: The 100 Best Books by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock. ![]() The novel is widely acknowledged to be a classic of modern horror fiction. He realizes that he had been protected, up til now, by Tansy's charms, and that as a result of his meddling, they are both now powerless to counteract the spells and charms of the other witches all around them. Tansy burns her charms and Norman's luck immediately goes sour. He confronts Tansy, and manages to convince her that her faith in magic is a result of superstition and neurosis. Her husband, Norman, discovers this one day while rummaging through her dressing table: he finds vials of graveyard dirt, packets of hair and fingernail clippings from their acquaintances, and other evidence of her witchcraft. Tansy Saylor is the wife of an up-and-coming young sociology professor at a small, conservative American college. ![]()
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