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The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

 Time is a treacherous mistress.  In our youth it flows slow and deep; the days stretch out endlessly.  When we are children, a summer lasts for a century.  As we age, the flow of time speeds up.  Suddenly, a year vanishes with the snap of one's fingers.  How quickly time eludes us, how easily it tricks us. Would you be surprised to find a novel titled The Bewitching to be about witches?? There were a couple ghosts, too.  And, at least one monster- but it was really- no - no spoilers. I'm having a great Halloween season reading such stories.  First the short story "Eerie Basin  " - featuring a jenglot- a very unattractive Indonesian moster that will grant your wishes in exchange for sucking your blood - like a vampiric djinn.  (Upside- you can satisfy the jenglot by feeding it the blood of your enemies.)  I followed with this one.  Concurrently reading a ghost story (Ghost Riders by Sharon McCrumb) and a zombie anthology. ...