Toil & Trouble Audiobook By Jessica Spotswood - editor, Tess Sharpe - editor cover art

Toil & Trouble

15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for $0.00
Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.

Toil & Trouble

By: Jessica Spotswood - editor, Tess Sharpe - editor
Narrated by: Amy McFadden
Try for $0.00

$0.00/mo. after 3 months. Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $21.49

Buy for $21.49

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

History is filled with stories of women accused of witchcraft, of fearsome girls with arcane knowledge. Toil & Trouble features 15 stories of girls embracing their power, reclaiming their destinies, and using their magic to create, to curse, to cure - and to kill.

A young witch uses social media to connect with her astrology clients - and with a NASA-loving girl as cute as she is skeptical. A priestess of death investigates a ritualized murder. A bruja who cures lovesickness might need the remedy herself when she falls in love with an altar boy. A theater production is turned upside down by a visiting churel. In Reconstruction-era Texas, a water witch uses her magic to survive the soldiers who have invaded her desert oasis. And in the near future, a group of girls accused of witchcraft must find their collective power in order to destroy their captors.

©2018 Jessica Spotswood & Tess Sharpe (P)2018 Tantor Fantasy Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Sword & Sorcery
All stars
Most relevant  
I listened to this book within two of my work days and I loved it so much. So many talented writers making wonderful short stories.

Loved this book!!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
These stories ranged anywhere from mysterious to exciting to painful and inspiring. All within the realm of witches. I loved it!

A bunch of Bad Ass witches?

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
some stories were certainly more compelling than others. generally enjoyable but nothing that has me wanting to recommend it to others I know.

average

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Overall i enjoyed this collection. My favorite stories are: Afterbirth by Andrea Cremer, The Legend of Stone Mary by Robin Talley, The One Who Stayed by Nova Ren Suma.
all the stories were at least a 3 Star. i didn't hate any of them and i would more by any of these authors any day.

great collection!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I seriously struggled to finish this book. I even tried to speed it up but it just kept going and going. I wouldn't read this again.

boring the house

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This books is more teenage angst than any "witch(iness)", just dull and boring. There is nary a witch in the bunch of love struck, angst ridden teen girls in this collection.

Teenage angst posing as "witches"

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.