The Tale of an Antwerp Witch and a Violin Player

Or, A feast on Gallows Field.

Lotje was a witch. Being a witch in Antwerp was dangerous. She had to attend church every Sunday, and she was always terrified that when the priest had finished reading Latin phrases which no one understood from a book he considered holier than storms, the moon, and crows, he would refuse to shut the book. It had happened to some of her sisters who live…