For my next story we have a lengthy fantasy piece about a blind witch to a Harry Potter-inspired anthology, edited and put out by Christopher G. Nuttall. This series has been around for a number of years, and it’s a pretty thick book. I’ll leave all available links and pictures down below, like I usually do the past 20+ years. Fantastic Schools is a series about magic users in or around learning environments. Fantasy that falls under the Harry Potter-style umbrella, mystical universities of wizardry, or video games like Fire Emblem Three Houses. Best way to describe it. If you’re a fan of J.K. Rowling, this will definitely be up your alley. Or maybe, just maybe, as a suitable replacement. The witch in my tale goes to a school for swordsmanship and magic, a curse was bestowed on her family, leaving pretty much everybody half-blind. And with the help of an animal companion, we see my protagonist overcome adversity, prejudice, and disability in the most amazing fashion. I really do recommend this book. It’s got a stellar lineup. Read my new fantasy piece in Fantastic Schools Volume #13: “The Myopic Witch and her Avian Attendant.”

FANTASTIC SCHOOLS VOLUME 13

Edited and published by Christopher G. Nuttall & L. Jagi Lamplighter

Fiction about Magic Learning Environments & Harry Potter-style characters

Featuring New Dagstine story: “The Myopic Witch and her Avian Attendant”

Available on Pubshare FIRST (click link, be redirected):

https://pubshare.com/books/fantastic-schools-volume-13

TABLE OF CONTENTS (in order):

The Battle of New Stains Castle by James Pyles

The Myopic Witch and her Avian Attendant by Lawrence Dagstine

The Sorceress’s Son by Peter Rhodan

The Mage and the Fox by Jasmine Lawrence

A Freshman’s First Quest by Steve Choquette

Robyn’s Story by William Lehman

The Staff Fighter by J.W. Logan

Green Flash Molten by Rhys Hughes

Forged By Starlight by Frank Luke

The Magics of Fae by J.L. Stevenson

The Chaperone’s Tale by Christopher G. Nuttall

As for Amazon, Volume 13 will EVENTUALLY find its way here:

(the whole book series – click and be redirected)

Or if you own a Kindle and just want a ONE-OFF, then go here:

ABOUT THE BOOK/SERIES: ‘Have you ever wanted to go to magic school? To cast spells and brew potions and fly on broomsticks and – perhaps – battle threats both common and supernatural? Come with us into worlds of magic, where students become magicians and teachers do everything in their power to ensure the kids survive long enough to graduate. Welcome to … Fantastic Schools.

Once again, students enter their schools of sorcery – sometimes willingly, sometimes not – and come face to face with the power, and the price, of magic. Come meet the son of a powerful and famous sorceress, trying to make his way out from under his mother’s shadow; come meet a blind witch making her way through a magical world, with the aid of her strange and powerful familiar. Or thrill to stories of student wizards fighting duels, some very real, and a lost girl who finds herself yanked into a world of magic. Or a young commoner who has to chaperone an aristocrat as the price of her schooling, a price she may not be willing to pay…

All this, and more, in the latest volume of Fantastic Schools.’

Other New Entries: “Books & Anthos” and “Digital Credits”

Edited to Add: Pleased to wake up and find that Fantastic Schools Vol. #13 is in the TOP 200 on Amazon Kindle.

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