Witch Way to the Mall Author:Esther Friesner (Editor) What self-respecting witch, vampire, or werewolf would be caught dead-or undead-anywhere but the Big City, you may ask? Look, let's give the uncanny crew a little credit for intelligence: Why wouldn't they have the smarts to move out of said cities if it looked like they could get a better quality-of-life/death elsewhere? — (Tough enough ... more »going about your otherworldly business and evading the occasional mob wielding halogen torches and designer pitchforks, but have you ever seen city real estate prices?)
So let's welcome our first group of supernatural suburbanites, the witches. Their powers are awesome, their methods of coping with the lumps, bumps, and idiosyncrasies of Suburbia are ingenious, and they always bring the loveliest gingerbread to the PTA bake sale. But whatever you do, don't try telling them that life in a non-city setting is bland, banal and boring, or you might get turned into . . . ribbit!
Stories of suburban sorcery by Harry Turtledove, Sarah A. Hoyt, Jan and S.M. Stirling, K. D. Wentworth, and more-including Esther Friesner herself.
Stories include:
Birdwatching / Harry Turtledove
Witch warrior / Steven Piziks
Nimue and the Mall Nymphs / Less Martindale
Tacos for Tezcatlipoca / Kevin Andrew Murphy
The darren / Hildy Silverman
The incident of the Inferno Grill / Sarah A. Hoyt
Soot / Dave Freer
The house of lost dreams / Storm Christopher
Queen of Suburbia / Selina Rosen
Twice a year / Esther M. Friesner
Neighborhood witch / David Vierling
Hex education / K.D. Wentworth
The importance of communication / Jan and S.M. Stirling