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Yes, a 2026 edition will be coming imminently. Just catching up! The Ink Witch by Steph Cherrywell (MG) When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa V. Kelley A Tale of Mirth & Magic by Kristen Vale The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong The Hearth Witch’s Guide to Magic & Murder by Kiri Callaghan

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Becca Slugg is bored. It’s the tail-end of summer and it feels like she’s done nothing but run errands for her family’s Cape Disappointment Beach Inn, argue with her frustratingly overprotective mother, and have one-sided conversations with the giant spider living by the dumpsters out back. But Becca’s wish for anything to happen backfires when her mom receives an unwelcome visit from her sinister and estranged sister Malatrice. While hiding, Becca overhears the two of them quarrel and discovers that she’s the niece of one of the most powerful witches in the country – and the daughter of a powerless one. When her mom refuses to help Malatrice take control of the family throne, Becca is left with a mindless puppet for a mother and a whole lot of questions – like, can I cast spells with the ink in my veins, too? With the help of Natalya, her mother’s tarantula familiar, and Oddvar, a friendly troll living in the motel’s ice machine, a distraught but determined Becca sets out to uncover her own magical abilities and find the ingredients of a potion that will cure her mother. Besides, how hard can it be to find mermaid eggs, troll teeth, and the most precious possession of a Witch Queen?

For fans of Amari and the Night Brothers and The Okay Witch comes a hilarious and affirming cozy fantasy about the adventures of a girl who discovers she is the descendant of a powerful witch coven.

Becca Slugg is bored. It’s the tail end of summer, and it feels like she’s done nothing but run errands for her family’s Cape Disappointment Beach Inn, argue with her frustratingly overprotective mother, and have one-sided conversations with the giant spider living by the dumpsters out back.

When Becca wishes for something to happen, she doesn’t expect her wish to manifest in the form of an unwelcome visit from her mom’s sinister and estranged sister, Malatrice. It turns out Becca's aunt is a powerful witch—and when she doesn’t get the help she wants from Becca’s mom, she unleashes a devastating ink spell. Becca is left with a mindless puppet for a mother and a whole lot of questions—like Can I cast spells with the ink in my veins, too?

With the help of Natalya, her mother’s tarantula familiar, and Oddvar, a friendly troll living in the motel’s ice machine, a distraught but determined Becca sets out to uncover her own magical abilities and find the ingredients for a potion that will cure her mother. Besides, how hard can it be to find mermaid eggs, troll teeth, and the most precious possession of a Witch-Queen?

The Ink Witch by Steph Cherrywell Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker Magical Princess Harriet by Leiah Moser Glitch Girl! by Rainie Oet Joy, to the World by Lisa Bunker and Kai Shappley Bonus: These are all prose novels, but for graphic novels, check out The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith and The Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio and Jenn St-Onge

The Mary Jane of Tomorrow

As a prize for IF Comp 2015, Emily Short wrote a short interactive fiction piece called The Mary Jane of Tomorrow as a fanfic for Steph Cherrywell’s Brain Guzzlers from Beyond! In it, you try to train a robot to get a particular set of skills without picking up bad habits (like emo beat poetry). 

There’s a lot of procedurally generated text in it, building on some of the things Emily Short developed for Annals of the Parrigues. Including four different kinds of poetry and a recipe generator.