Books have always had the power to cast a spell over their readers – figuratively. But one book that was quite popular from ...

In her latest work, the historian Marion Gibson focuses on the victims of a deadly English witch hunt. By Liesl Schillinger ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a good story starts with a good first line. In TODAY’s “Cold Open,” authors tease their buzzy upcoming release by revealing and explaining its first line, ...

Witches have become ubiquitous in fiction these days, whether they're being unjustly persecuted in a historical setting, selling love potions in some charming seaside town, or enchanting unsuspecting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Diana Bishop doesn't know she's a descendant of witches until she happens upon an enchanted manuscript in Oxford's library. The ...

If you thought that accusations of witchcraft were a quaint moral panic surely left behind in the Salem witch trial era — well, think again. Some American pastors are still accusing their own ...

The show Mayfair Witches is based on Anne Rice’s book series, Lives of the Mayfair Witches. The adaptation takes quite a few liberties with its source material, changing characters and plot points. So ...