Literature

The group cruised along the picturesque coastline of the New Salem waterfront until they reached the docks where Scarlett worked. On the way, Diana had taken Cassie aside and thanked…

The rain was only a drizzle, and although it was nighttime, people were out and about. Scarlett had invited Cassie out tonight. Of course Cassie declined, but she wished she…

It was a good ten-minute walk to the lighthouse, plenty of time for Cassie to work up her heart rate and fill her lungs with cold, fresh air. Some of…

“Okay,” Diana said. “We don’t have much time. Who has something to report?”The Circle was eating lunch in their new spot, a small patch of woods up one of the…

Cassie and Nick heard fire trucks in the distance as they walked toward Cassie’s house. To extinguish the burning trees, Cassie figured. They sped up their pace to be safely…

Cassie slept late into the afternoon the next day, which was unlike her. Normally she was an early riser, whether she wanted to be or not. But she must have…

Cassie was in town running errands when the rich aroma of the Witch’s Brew Coffee Shop filled her lungs. Coffee, she thought. What a good idea. The Witch’s Brew was…

Cassie woke up to sunlight streaming in her windows. Her room was bright but cold, and the March morning air contained a windy chil that shook the windows. She would…

Witch hunters go back as far as witches. Just as Cassie was descended from a long line of powerful ancestors, the witch hunters, too, had their lineage. That’s what Cassie’s…

The kitchen was shadowy and quiet when Cassie stepped inside. Her mother wasn’t home, and she was glad. She didn’t want to have to explain why she was hauling bricks…

“Everyone around us dies,” Cassie said. “No matter what.” The scene kept playing over and over in her mind – the sound of Melanie screaming and the sight of Constance…

The moon overhead was a bright white waxing crescent, and the sky was clear. Cassie and Adam were standing by the maypole hand in hand, and she felt radiant in…

When Cassie arrived at Old Town Hall, the sun was shining down on the carnival as booths and tables were being set up for the evening’s festivities. She searched for…

As she walked home from school that afternoon, Cassie finally had a moment to herself to think. Diana and some of the others were going into town to shop for…

“Spring is in the air,” Melanie said to Cassie and Laurel, closing her gray eyes momentarily and taking a deep breath in. “You can almost smell it, can’t you?” Cassie…

Cassie and Adam barely said a word the whole drive back to Cassie’s house. She was still shaken up by Faye’s words, and Adam, sensing that, just quietly held her…

Adam’s car windows were foggy with the heat of their breath. It was a balmy night at dusk, and the air was scented with early signs of spring – a…

“Are you okay?” Cassie asked Suzan, whom she happened to be lying on. “Is everybody okay?”The Circle was lying scattered over the vacant lot as if some giant hand had…

Around four o’clock the power went off. The house got colder. They lit candles and went on reading.”‘For Protection Against Fire and Water,'” Cassie read. But Melanie said the spell…

“So you have to go now,” Cassie said, trying to get her breath, speaking not only to Sally but to everyone in the cafeteria. “Forget school, forget everything. Leave. Get…