Night Fall by Joan Aiken #WitchWeek2024

It’s Witch Week, hosted by Chris of Calmgrove and Lizzie Ross to honor Diana Wynne Jones’ Witch Week, and this year they are celebrating the work of Joan Aiken. Several of my favorites have been featured by some talented bloggers but the week would not be complete without a lesser-known but one of my favorites: Night Fall, a suspenseful novella set in London and Cornwall.

The Serial Garden by Joan Aiken #WitchWeek2024

Those who only know Joan Aiken from the beloved The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and later books in the series or her much admired adult regency historicals may not realize she was also a gifted writer of short stories. This collection contains 24 stories about the quirky Armitage family, not published in one place previously, and includes introductions from Aiken’s daughter Lizza and by author Garth Nix. I am not sure how I missed the Armitages.