<p> Beware a girl in pointy shoes! </p> <p> A girl wearing pointy shoes might be a witch. And the first thing a spook's apprentice learns is never, ever to trust a witch. </p> <p> In this bone-chilling collection of tales, you will learn exactly why that is, as you encounter: </p> <ul> <p> </p><li>a fair and beautiful woman with green scales running down her spine . . . </li> <p></p> <p> </p><li>a dead witch who lurks under rotting leaves and hunts for blood . . .</li> <p></p> <p> </p><li>Alice, Tom Ward's best friend, who once lived with one of the darkest witches of all . . .</li> <p></p> <p> </p><li>and a witch whose cry of revenge can kill.</li> <p></p> </ul> <p> The dark is all around. Who will survive? </p>