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Jessa Lucas
Feb 28, 202213 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: Kicking Butt and Avoiding Flames
Chapter Forty-Six Kicking Butt and Avoiding Flames “What is the core property of an aardvark gizzard? Please include examples of draughts...
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Jessa Lucas
Feb 14, 202211 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: Six Death Wishes
Chapter Forty-Five Six Death Wishes We exchange a look with one another, Sabbath speaking first. “You think Lathan Cain wants to...
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Jessa Lucas
Feb 7, 202213 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: The Very Evil Boo Crew
Chapter Forty-Four The Very Evil Boo Crew “I’m supposed to be sleeping, Mika,” Tomorrow snaps as she stumbles into the Comet, glowering....
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Jessa Lucas
Dec 6, 20218 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: Half-Willed, Half-Learned
Chapter Forty-Three Half-Willed, Half-Learned Desperate, I beg for people not to let me leave with my murderer, but the pleas are...
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Jessa Lucas
Nov 29, 202112 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: Witch with No Problems
Chapter Forty-Two Witch with No Problems “The plan is easy,” I say. “Get in, get the banshee’s breath, and get out. Before any drama...
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Jessa Lucas
Nov 22, 20218 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: Specter-cular
Chapter Forty-One Specter-culer I’ll see you soon, doll. My heart lurches with an irregular beat as I recall the the shadow walker who...
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Jessa Lucas
Nov 15, 20217 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: Pink Haired Ghoul
Chapter Forty Pink Haired Ghoul I wake the next morning knowing I’m out of time. The sensations from the first days of seventh year are...
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Jessa Lucas
Nov 8, 20218 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: Good at Being Bad
Chapter Thirty-Nine Good at Being Bad For the first week, my chest is crammed full of rage, my might teeming with plans for revenge that...
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Jessa Lucas
Nov 1, 20214 min read
What is Kindle Vella? Here's the Scoop.
What is Kindle Vella? Here's the Scoop. Kindle Vella is Amazon's newest foray into the world of publishing and is "a new mobile-first,...
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Jessa Lucas
Oct 25, 20219 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: The Anatomy of Dying
Chapter Thirty-Eight The Anatomy of Dying When Soren comes back to his suite, I’m pacing the salon, a million furious unsaid words...
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Jessa Lucas
Oct 18, 20218 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: Educational Snooping
Chapter Thirty-Seven Educational Snooping “No, Mika.” Tomorrow sticks a hand in my face as I sit down across from her at breakfast on...
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Jessa Lucas
Oct 11, 20217 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: Literal Lost Souls
Chapter Thirty-Six Literal Lost Souls My knock draws Soren from his lonely stare. He turns slowly, as if I’ve pulled him from a dream....
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Jessa Lucas
Oct 4, 20218 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: Normal Hands & Thwarted Plans
Chapter Thirty-Five Normal Hands & Thwarted Plans “Mika,” Thorncaster drawls just as I leave Architecture of Magic on Wednesday. I turn...
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Jessa Lucas
Sep 27, 20218 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: How it Begins
Chapter Thirty-Four How it Begins The house wheezes as the Shadowmancer’s soldiers descend. Heavy thumps land on the roof and Tomorrow...
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Jessa Lucas
Sep 20, 202110 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: The Breath of Shadows
Chapter Thirty-Three The Breath of Shadows “Fate gave us the Raresights and in response, the witching world launched expeditions....
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Jessa Lucas
Sep 13, 202111 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: The Raresight Between Worlds
Chapter Thirty-Two The Raresight Between Worlds I take in the ruins of a Paris that has once been magnificent. As I gaze out at the...
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Jessa Lucas
Aug 30, 20217 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: The Sealing of a Soul
Chapter Thirty-One The Sealing of a Soul About half an hour into waiting, I start to feel a strange sensation. I guess it means the...
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Jessa Lucas
Aug 23, 202110 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: Beware the Unbonded Witch
Chapter Thirty Beware the Unbonded Witch “Well,” Soren sighs, disappointed. “I guess that’s it, then.” “No,” I shake my head, refusing...
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Jessa Lucas
Aug 16, 202113 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: Pumpkin Scry
Chapter Twenty-Nine Pumpkin Scry That night I dream about her. She’s swathed in blue flames, singing a lullaby that sounds like home. And...
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Jessa Lucas
Aug 9, 202113 min read
Spells for Lost Souls: Pandora's Box
Chapter Twenty-Eight Pandora's Box A fire roars in the hearth behind a grate, as if this room—or someone inside it—has been waiting for...
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