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The Firefly Witch
Dr. Tanna Tully is a professor of parapsychology and, as Lady Firefly, a third-degree Wiccan priestess. Blind since birth, she can see at night in the presence of fireflies, and is dedicated to helping any in need. With her newspaperman husband Ry, she fights the small battles against prejudice and mistrust, as well as bigger ones that involve magic, otherworldly dangers, and life or death.
Origin of the Firefly Witch
The idea for the Firefly Witch occurred to me during college; in fact, the term “Firefly Witch” was the first thing that codified, followed by her red hair and blindness. Then I had to decide how to write about her. I’d just read Pale Kings and Princes, my first exposure to Robert B. Parker’s “Spenser” novels, and Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man around this time. I realized I’d found my template: I would create an equal partner for Tanna, someone who could match her intellect and courage, and function as the reader’s way into Tanna’s arcane world. I chose to write in his voice, just as Conan Doyle had done with Watson.
• CroakedA Firefly Witch short story - Read It Free!
A partial list of published stories:
The Chill in the Air Wakes the Ghosts Off the Ground
Gaslight: Tales of the Unsane Fall/Winter 1996
Harm None
The Blue Lady, October 1997
A Love as Warm as the Winter's Night
Spirit to Spirit Winter 1997
The Mischief Shades
Witches Picnic, Vol. 3, Issue 3 1997
When I Was Your Age
Pablo Lennis Issue 2 December 1997
Pen-Tackle Blues
Witch's Brew Samhain 1998
The Darren Stevens Club
PanGaia Issue 15 Spring 1998
Tourist Trap
E-Scape Winter 1998
The Big Finish
Crossroads Vol. 7, Issue 21, 1998
Time of the Season
PanGaia Winter 1998
The Descent
Twilight Showcase Issue 22 November 2000
Croaked
PanGaia Issue 25 Autumn 2000
The Arms of Jenny Greenteeth
SpiritShare, Spring 2000
The Devil You Know
PanGaia PanGaia Winter 2000
Same Ol' Song
Mountain Luminary Spring 2001
The Athame Cuts Both Ways
PanGaia Winter 2002
Souls of the Departed
Five Feathers August 2004
The Damned Thing Remains
The Wheel Winter 2004
Flick of a Candle
Dragonswood Winter (Imbolg) 2005
(A special thanks and shout-out to Anne Niven and Diane Darling, publisher and former editor, respectively, of PanGaia magazine, who gave me my first shot at national exposure.)