S. A. Sizemore

Time in the Beckett Coven series can be deceptive. Are we experiencing the present, or is it the past? Is it something our future selves are reliving, or are our ancestors sending us visions of what will be? Although time in Whispers of the Pale Witch appears to be pretty linear, things are about to go off the rails as we head into book 2, Lies of the Bishop Stone, in 2027. Just remember as you read Whispers, it truly is the first in a three-book arc. Things that may seem unimportant right...

I am a Salem Witch Trials descendant. That means one or more of my ancestors were either someone who was accused of being a witch, someone who accused them, or they were part of the court proceedings. For most of my life, I had no idea. In 2019 my wife and I decided to visit New England so I could do some research for a book series I was beginning to write about modern day witches in Salem. Two weeks before we left on that trip, I was in the middle of doing some genealogy research for a...

As you may have guessed, there are going to be a lot of witches, folk magick (not a misspell), and witchcraft in the Beckett Coven series. Some of you may be very familiar with witchcraft, along with the historic and modern opinions about it, but some of you may be brand new to what this is all about. Before we begin, I would like to explain a bit about the New England Puritan view of witches and witchcraft. Then I will head into some of the modern practices and beliefs you will discover in...