The Witch and the Tsar maddie and made for polishing altars

and made for polishing altars

A set of 8 sheets of large handcrafted parchment paper — a working surface for spells

A piece for the witch

Channel the fierce

A mother of pearl spoon for stirring tea

The Witch and the Tsar maddie and made for polishing altarsA novel by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore a retelling of Baba Yaga as a half goddess navigating mortal entanglements, healing work, and the court of the Tsar. Fiction that takes witchcraft seriously as material rather than as set dressing. For readers who want their fiction witchy all the way through. Witch Tip: Read this one slowly, in the evenings fast reading turns it into plot, and slow reading lets the atmosphere do the work.