Witches (anthology)

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Witches
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Cover of first edition
Editors Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh
Cover artist Kinuko Kraft
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy
Genre Fantasy, science fiction
Publisher Signet/New American Library
Publication date
1984
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages350
ISBN 0-451-12882-6
Preceded by Wizards  
Followed by Cosmic Knights  

Witches is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of witches edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the second volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in April 1984. It was later gathered together with Wizards , the first book in the series, into the omnibus hardcover collection Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Witches & Wizards (1985). [1]

The book collects fourteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.

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