Witches (anthology)

Witches

Cover of first edition
Editors	Isaac Asimov Martin H. Greenberg Charles G. Waugh
Cover artist	Kinuko Kraft
Language	English
Series	Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy
Genre	Fantasy, science fiction
Publisher	Signet/New American Library
Publication date	1984
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	350
ISBN	0-451-12882-6
Preceded by	Wizards
Followed by	Cosmic Knights

Witches is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of witches edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the second volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in April 1984. It was later gathered together with Wizards, the first book in the series, into the omnibus hardcover collection Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Witches & Wizards (1985).^[1]

The book collects fourteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.

• "Introduction" (Isaac Asimov)
• "My Mother Was a Witch" (William Tenn)
• "A Message from Charity" (William M. Lee)
• "The Witch" (A. E. van Vogt)
• "The Witches of Karres" (James H. Schmitz)
• "Spree" (Barry N. Malzberg)
• "Devil's Henchman" (Murray Leinster)
• "Malice in Wonderland" (Rufus King)
• "Operation Salamander" (Poul Anderson)
• "Wizard's World" (Andre Norton)
• "Sweets to the Sweet" (Robert Bloch)
• "Poor Little Saturday" (Madeleine L'Engle)
• "Squeakie's First Case" (Margaret Manners)
• "The Ipswich Phial" (Randall Garrett)
• "Black Heart and White Heart" (H. Rider Haggard)