"This sensational YA debut blends tense, terrifying horror with dark humour, queer romance and hugely original storytelling." Guardian November 1999, North Dana, Massachusetts. The body of Bastion Attia - high school quarterback, secret witch, and Nesbit Nunez's even-more-secret boyfriend - is discovered at the edge of Stepwood Cemetery. As Nesbit and his coven of queer misfits investigate Bastion's death they discover local folktales of Mr. Nous, a terrifying wish-granting creature, one whose gifts come at a terrible price.The coven must do battle against an age-old evil before it strikes again ... Now, Conjurers is a wildly original, spinechilling YA debut about queer found family and a love that outlasts death. 'This book is charm itself ... smart, edgy, funny and heartfelt.' - Tamsyn Muir - bestselling author of Gideon the Ninth. 'This book is CHARM ITSELF. It's a high-octane high-camp horror funfair that is so smart and so edgy and funny and heartfelt and loving that I think teens who love it now will still pull it off the shelf when they are 40. Now, Conjurers is an evening with a movie from Blockbuster that's rated slightly too high for you to have legally rented it and the biggest, trashiest bag of popcorn, staying up until 3 AM with your friends and then having really savage nightmares afterwards for a week.' - Tamsyn Muir, author of Gideon the Ninth 'This sensational YA debut blends tense, terrifying horror with dark humour, queer romance and hugely original storytelling.' Guardian 'An absolute 90s, technicolor, fever dream of a novel. Now, Conjurers takes readers on a ride that is, at once, tender and terrifying. I'd follow Nesbit and the North Coven anywhere.' - Sasha Peyton Smith, NYT bestselling author of The Witch Haven 'A rollicking and thoughtful take on the be-careful-what-you-wish-for trope. Koelsch holistically integrates serious issues with a deft touch that keeps the book both eerie and light in pleasantly equal measure.' - Kirkus starred review 'This supernatural thriller takes characters and readers alike on an emotional roller coaster of shocking revelations, culminating in a cathartic, action-packed climax ... Koelsch spins together a web of hidden agendas, secret histories, and a terrifying otherworldly antagonist into a dark and chilling debut.' - Publishing Weekly 'I love it when I've no idea where a story is going to take me, and Now,Conjurers took me to some dark places, but I knew that I was in sure hands with Freddie's writing. This was an absolutely wild ride, full of scares and horror as well as love and friendship.' - Sally Green, bestselling author of the Half Bad trilogy. Reviews Freddie Koelsch is a connoisseur and crafter of frightful fiction (with a dash of hope) for teens and former teens. She lives in Salem, New England with her high school sweetheart-turned-wife, a handful of cats, a houseful of art and a mind's eye full of ghosts. Now, Conjurers is her first novel.
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