Sep 27, 2026 · 19 min · 10 segments
A cozy contemporary fantasy about a chaotic witchy family and a terribly organised admin assistant, taking up residence at Frightful Manor. Set in the same world as “The Twelve Days of Witchmas.”…
Tansy Rayner RobertsHostYou throw a torch into a pile of buildings, and when they are consumed you sit among the ruins and lament the fall.
Mary Shelley As if he had been holding back for a very long time, Otis Blight began to explain.
Houses like ours, old magical estates like Redfern or the Knoll or Glam's Forge or Harebell Hall, their magic is old and slow, especially when the house magic is tied to a bloodline as old and weighted as those of the families of the Great Grimm.
Most magical houses have what we call a hearth, a magical core, connected to everything else.
It might be an heirloom or a person, but that can be pretty unstable if the object gets stolen or the person moves to Canada.
Usually it's a room, a tethered sanctuary space in the house where you go to reconnect with your family magic.
And when the family magic comes under strain or starts to fail, the half is where the damage shows up first.
Libby found herself thinking about all the casual magic she had witnessed around Frightful Manor.
The corridors changing direction, the doors that led to different levels, the hamper drawers delivering tea and refreshments to every member in the family across the house.
From what Heidi said, the Chattox family knew it was happening, Libby said.
You throw a torch into a pile of buildings, and when they are consumed you sit among the ruins and lament the fall.
Mary Shelley As if he had been holding back for a very long time, Otis Blight began to explain.
Houses like ours, old magical estates like Redfern or the Knoll or Glam's Forge or Harebell Hall, their magic is old and slow, especially when the house magic is tied to a bloodline as old and weighted as those of the families of the Great Grimm.
Most magical houses have what we call a hearth, a magical core, connected to everything else.
It might be an heirloom or a person, but that can be pretty unstable if the object gets stolen or the person moves to Canada.
Usually it's a room, a tethered sanctuary space in the house where you go to reconnect with your family magic.
And when the family magic comes under strain or starts to fail, the half is where the damage shows up first.
Libby found herself thinking about all the casual magic she had witnessed around Frightful Manor.
The corridors changing direction, the doors that led to different levels, the hamper drawers delivering tea and refreshments to every member in the family across the house.
From what Heidi said, the Chattox family knew it was happening, Libby said.
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