title: Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction
author:  Malcolm Gaskill 
description: <p/><p align="left"><span class="h1"><strong><i>Witchcraft</i>: Questions for Consideration and Discussion</strong> </span><p/> <li>How have the stereotypes, images, and cultural associations of witchcraft changed between the classical age and the present day? </li><p/> <li>Why throughout history have witches been so strongly associated with women? </li><p/> <li>What are the major historical myths about witches, especially during the witch craze, and why are they so hard to dispel with hard fact? </li><p/> <li>How can we explain the massive surge of witchcraft trials in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? </li><p/> <li>What emotion is involved in witchcraft accusations, and is it helpful to think in terms of "hysteria"--for example in relation to the Salem trials of 1692? </li><p/> <li>Why does the fascination with witches endure in popular culture, in everything from novels and films to cartoons and games?</li><p/>
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  Trancehack  
  By Sonya Clark
  
  
  It’s 2065. Those born with magic abilities live in government-run zones,
  without rights or freedoms. Fear of magic created this segregated world and
  fear keeps it intact.
  
  
  A high-profile murder brings Detective Nathan Perez to Magic Born Zone 13.
  He’s had little experience with the Magic Born and isn’t sure what to expect
  during his first encounter with a witch, but he never thought he’d be so drawn
  to her.
  
  
  Trancehacker Calla Vesper uses magic to break into computers and aid the Magic
  Born underground. She has no interest in helping a cop, even if he is smoking-
  hot, but money’s tight and Nate offers a tidy amount for help navigating the
  Zone. Calla’s determined to keep it all business, but sparks start flying
  before the investigation even gets started.
  
  
  When Calla’s trancehacking and Nathan’s investigation uncover a cons