literary gluttony

Some stories don’t roar with power—they shimmer. They hum softly beneath the skin, twining folklore and moonlight until the world feels just a little more alive, a little more strange. Witchlight Wednesday is for those stories—the ones that blur the line between dream and reality, that leave you seeing the glint of something otherworldly just out of the corner of your eye.

This week’s theme is Magic in the Margins—tales where the fantastical hides in plain sight, waiting patiently for those who still believe. These are the books that don’t demand your attention; they beckon.

🕯️ The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

There’s a fog that never lifts, an ache that never fades. Ishiguro’s misted Britain is heavy with memory and myth, its people haunted by what they’ve forgotten. Dragons sleep in this land, and love carries a quiet, devastating cost. Reading it feels like standing in the aftermath of a dream you can’t quite recall.

🍃 The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh

A tapestry of color and current, this reimagining of Korean myth is a love letter to courage, sacrifice, and hope. Oh’s prose drifts like lantern light over dark water—gentle, glowing, and unafraid to reach for the divine.

🦋 The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

No one writes wonder like Morgenstern. This labyrinth of stories within stories is an ode to secret doors, whispered truths, and the quiet magic of stories themselves. Every chapter feels like stepping through a keyhole into another world entirely—familiar and yet impossibly strange.

🌙 Small Favors by Erin A. Craig

Sweetness curdles slowly in this eerie little town, where favors come at a cost and kindness can be deadly. It’s the perfect book for readers who crave their fairy tales with just enough rot beneath the roses.

Magic doesn’t always come in bursts of fire or prophecy—it lives in the hush between moments, in the shimmer of stories that linger long after the final page.

So tell me, dear reader: what books have left your heart humming with quiet magic lately? I’m always chasing new glimmers in the dark.