Upon Beatrice’s arrival at the tea shop, she is quickly welcomed by the older women and their pet raven, Perdu. And she is equally quick to realize this will be no ordinary clerking position. Though she is not averse to magic, she has never really given it too much thought before.
I moved quite a bit when I was younger, but during those years we often lived in New England. As a kid it was easy to imagine that Halloween was invented in New England. It just seems so suited for it. Old cemeteries, tall, reaching trees with with rattling leaves, and creeping darkness that starts…