Beware a girl in pointy shoes
A girl wearing pointy shoes might be a witch. And the first thing a spook's apprentice learns is never, ever to trust a witch.

In this bone-chilling collection of tales, you will learn exactly why that is, as you encounter:

a fair and beautiful woman with green scales running down her spine . . . (John Gregory, set before book 1, book 0.7)

a dead witch who lurks under rotting leaves and hunts for blood . . . (not bound to any patricular book)

Alice, Tom Ward's best friend, who once lived with one of the darkest witches of all . . . (set slightly before book one but best read after book one, book 1.1)

and a witch whose cry of revenge can kill. (Banshee Witch, set chronologicly as book 5.5)

The dark is all around. Who will survive?

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Separate tales reveal the backgrounds of four terrifying witches, including Alice and the Spook's love, Meg.