Saturday, April 15, 2023

Lydia Ashbaugh the Witch - America's First Great Witch Short Story

 

Lydia Ashbaugh the Witch

by William Darby

America's first great witch story.

--Andrew Barger

Available for preorder on Amazon Kindle now (Launching on Friday) is "Lydia Ashbaugh the Witch." It is a fantastic witch short story that I found when editing Witchcraft Classic: Best Witch Short Stories 1800-1849

This classic American witch story of 1836 is the sorrowful tale of how Lydia Ashbaugh became a witch. Set in the beautiful mountains of Pennsylvania, its storyline and plot twists place it in high regard. I give a length introduction at the start of the book, including about the author who published under a penname.

“Lydia Ashbaugh” was originally published in the Saturday Evening Post and shortly thereafter in Atkinson’s Casket. It appeared the year after Nathaniel Hawthorne published "Young Goodman Brown," and excels in every category over Hawthorne's most famous witch short story. Read "Lydia Ashbaugh" tonight.


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