Massachusetts in the Year of the Lord 1695 Matthew Goodson eighteen years of age is apprenticed to a team of experienced witchfinders who travel from village to village and town to town to uncover witchcraft examine the evidence interrogate suspects and stamp out evil When a wave of mysterious illnesses and deaths hits the town of Redemption the witchfinders are called in and quickly arrest a suspect a teenaged girl named Grace Pankhurst Matthew has long been having his doubts about the witchfinders and the righteousness of their mission The interrogation of Grace brings those doubts to a flashpoint But is Grace truly innocent or has Matthew fallen under the spell of a comely witch This is a historical horror story of 5500 words or approximately 20 print pages by twotime Hugo finalist Cora Buhlert