Traveller, Cleric, Witch.

The villagers in the sleepy hamlet of Lychford are divided. A supermarket really wants to build a main branch on the border. Some welcome the occupations, while some object to the modernization of the neighborhood environment.

Judith Mawson (community crank) knows the truth — that Lychford lies for the boundary between two worlds, which the destruction of the border will open wide the gateways to malevolent beings beyond creativity.

But if she is to have her voice about Witches of Lychford heard, she’s going to want the help of some unlikely allies…

Compliment FOR Paul Cornell’s THE WITCHES OF LYCHFORD

‘At once epic and terribly intimate. This is actually the story of a village, not really a city, and all the more powerful for this; not all big dream needs an metropolitan setting. Beautifully created, flawlessly cruel, and ultimately kind. That is Cornell on the elevation of his art.’ – Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of the InCryptid and October Daye series

‘Rich in charm… local politics and witchcraft writ little and personal, but large in consequence. [Cornell] adeptly describes the emotion of magic; its results and inner ignition of wonder. The feel of being exposed to magic for the very first time and the experience to do magic and having it performed to you have never been better explained in any story.’ – Costs Willingham, author of Fables and Down the Mysterly River

‘Masterfully creepy and sinister, all the more so when planning on taking put in place the beautifully attracted English countryside.’ – Jenny Colgan, author of Doctor Who: Into the Nowhere