A lonely old woman befriends a trick-or-treater who doesnโt seem to age….
And thatโs about as much as I can tell you by way of summary, so as not to spoil this spellbinding short story.ย
I loved reading โ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก,โ even though Iโm not entirely sure I understood it as a whole. In any case, author M. Rickertโs prose is beautiful enough to make up for any discombobulation one may feel. I found the way she wrote scenery particularly breathtaking, with vivid, poetic descriptions of natural landscapes that were nothing if not transportive. Her characterization was also a stand-out, managing as she did to break my heart multiple times in just a scant number of pages (indeed, most of my notes are some variation of ๐ฐ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ).
โThe Little Witchโ is a weird, mystifying, at times surprisingly unsettling little story about two witchy, weary souls finding one another and feeling less lonely in the world. It captures the melancholy, ephemeral nature of the autumnal season better than anything Iโve read so far this year. I adored it, utterly, and encourage you to take the time to read it before the month is out. The story can be found on Torโs website.