Toil & Trouble

"This powerful and diverse collection is perfect for fans of female-led fantasy stories. No damsels in distress to be found here." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
There's nothing more powerful than a witch who believes in herself.

Women accused of witchcraft. Fearsome girls with arcane knowledge. Toil & Trouble features fifteen stories of girls embracing their power, reclaiming their destinies, and using their magic to create, to curse, to cure, to kill . . . and to live.


A young witch uses social media to connect with her astrology clients—and with a NASA-loving girl as cute as she is skeptical. A priestess of death investigates a ritualized murder. A bruja who cures lovesickness might need the remedy herself when she falls for an altar boy. A theater production is turned upside down by a visiting churel. A water witch uses her magic to survive the soldiers who have invaded her desert oasis. And in the near future, a group of girls accused of witchcraft must find their collective power . . . and destroy their captors.


NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A TEEN WITCH!


Featuring stories by:


Tehlor Kay Mejia


Andrea Robertson


Tess Sharpe


Lindsay Smith


Brandy Colbert


Shveta Thakrar


Robin Talley


Nova Ren Suma


Zoraida Córdova


Brenna Yovanoff


Kate Hart


Jessica Spotswood


Anna-Marie McLemore


Emery Lord


Elizabeth May


"This collection brings together short, witchy stories from fifteen brilliant YA authors . . . It's a whole lot of magical fun, and a definite must-read for all the witches in your life." —Bustle

"The collective impact is undeniably resounding." —Booklist (starred review)


"[A] provocative, eclectic collection." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)