Magic is real – and it’s a bitch.
Mattie’s life is going through a bit of a downward spiral these days. So when she learns that Tillie, her twin sister, is missing, she drops everything and rushes across the country to join her friend, Trevor, in the search.
As they start to dig, they stumble across a secret room in Tillie's condo filled with crystal balls and books about magic. Suddenly people all around them are doing spells, manipulating time, and disappearing into thin air, and they soon realize they're in over their heads.
A group of powerful mages is hunting Tillie. Can Mattie and Trevor find her first? Or will they become targets too?
Magic Today is the first installment of the fast-paced Mathilda Holiday series. Great for readers who love books with diverse casts – including lgbt+, disabled, neurodivergent, and older characters – plus plenty of intrigue and humor. If you enjoy books by Nicholas Woode-Smith, Emma Shelford, Kim Richardson, and Lisa Edmonds, you’ll love this free suspenseful, supernatural series-starter.
Anna McCluskey is an Oregon-based, semi-nomadic, almost-entirely-feral fantasy author. When she isn't writing (and sometimes even when she is) you can find her traveling around the country on the train, having the weirdest adventures ever. You can read about these adventures on her Substack, The Neurodivergent Nomad.
She is the author of the Mathilda Holiday series, the Rhymes With Witch series, and the upcoming Warrior Mage Librarians series. She has had several poems published in journals and anthologies, and her short fiction has been read by at least a dozen people, many of whom murmured appreciatively about it.
Her dog's name is Chalupa.
For information on upcoming projects, check out her website, www.annamccluskey.com.