Tales from Rugosa Coven - Softcover

Avery, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1837051607 ISBN 13: 9781837051601

Publisher: Dark Quest, LLC, 2013

Synopsis

Winner of the 2015 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award

In Tales from Rugosa Coven, catch a glimpse of a New Jersey even weirder than the one you think you know, as a covenful of very modern Wiccans wrestle challenges both supernatural and mundane--and, occasionally, each other. The personal injury attorney who chose kitchen-witchery over his family's five-generation lineage of old school ceremonial magic would like to miss his dead parents, only now that they're dead they won't leave him alone. The professional fortuneteller stands out at forty paces, with her profusion of silver amulets glittering over her Goth wardrobe, but nobody has guessed her secret sorrow, especially not the covenmates who see her as their wacky comic relief. And the resident skeptic, a reluctant Pagan if ever there was one, will have to eat her words if her coven sister's new boyfriend really does turn out to be from Atlantis. The Jersey Shore's half-hidden community of Witches, Druids, and latter-day Vikings must circle together against all challenges. It's a good thing they're as resilient as the wild rugosa roses that hold together the dunes. Praise for The Rugosa Coven Stories:  I absolutely love Tales from Rugosa Coven! It reminds me of the best occult fiction, but with better plots and a New Jersey I recognize. I can't wait for more! --Nina Harper, author of Succubus in the City When I read Closing Arguments a few months ago, I was left wanting more. With Sarah Avery's follow-up to that novella, Atlantis Cranks Need Not Apply, I was left salivating. --Jeremy Bredeson, Facing North Reviews

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Review

I was delighted when my copy of Tales From Rugosa Coven arrived last week. Rugosa Coven shows off Sarah Avery's talents with a collection of three linked novellas of contemporary fantasy focusing on a coven of modern witches living on the Jersey Shore. If you're eager to find the next big name in fantasy, do yourself a favor and order a copy today.
John O'Neill, Black Gate

I loved the covenmates' diverse personalities, their individual strengths and weaknesses, and the fact that no matter what they're still a family. The setting is wonderfully detailed and accurate, the spirituality is handled very well and accurately, and the stories are filled with events and people you'd recognize from your own life in some way. Avery has a natural gift for storytelling and I do hope there are more stories from Rugosa Coven in the future. TALES FROM RUGOSA COVEN will touch your heart and tickle your funny bone!Star, The Bibliophilic Book Blog

This is occult fiction that places Pagan people in the real world, and in the world of Rugosa Coven, being Pagan is normal. Sure there are other characters who raise eyebrows and make hasty exits, but there is an overall feeling of acceptance in this world that is comforting. Amid the paranormal, esoteric, and sometimes fantastical happenings, these characters face their inner demons: OCD, troubled relationships, and addiction. How they deal with these challenges and each other left me rooting for them and wanting more.Natalie Zaman, Witches and Pagans

"All were quite good, leaving me wanting to seek out more by this author....There is an undercurrent of kindness there."
Sherwood Smith, Goodreads

Edition details

• Publisher: Dark Quest, LLC
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1837051607
• ISBN 13: 9781837051601
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 358