Witchcraft for Wayward Girls (Signed & Slipcased Limited Edition) (preorder)
Publication Date: Est. July/August 2026
“Hendrix’s genius as a horror writer is his ability to develop complex, human-scale emotional arcs . . . Never before has one of his books so aptly met the moment . . . at turns frightening, anxiety-producing, infuriating, beautiful and sad.”—The New York Times
They were never girls, they were witches . . . .
They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to the Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, to give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened.
Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970, pregnant, frightened, and alone. Under the watchful eye of the stern Miss Wellwood, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament. There’s Rose, a hippie who insists she’s going to find a way to keep her baby and escape to a commune. And Zinnia, a budding musician who plans to marry her baby’s father. And Holly, a wisp of a girl, barely fourteen, mute and pregnant by no-one-knows-who.
Everything the girls eat, every moment of their waking day, and everything they’re allowed to talk about is strictly controlled by the adults who claim they know what’s best for them. Then Fern meets a librarian who gives her an occult book about witchcraft, and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in their lives. But power can destroy as easily as it creates, and it’s never given freely. There’s always a price to be paid . . . and it’s usually paid in blood.
Signed Limited Hardcover Edition:
Limited to only 600 signed and hand-numbered copies
Signed by Grady Hendrix and Babs Webb on a specially designed illustrated signature page
6.14” x 9.21” trim size
560 pages
Offset printed on 100gsm Munken Print Cream
Quarter bound in an imitation leather with a matte leather look over Dubletta cloth
Head and tail bands
Featuring five interior illustrations printed on a special silk art stock & tipped into the book
Hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine
Full-colour endpapers
Sewn binding
Ribbon page marker
Dust jacket and interior artwork by Babs Webb
Housed in a custom handmade slipcase
Covered in an imitation leather with a matte leather look
Hot foil stamping on the front, back and spine
Includes a hand-numbered limited edition bookmark
Please note: the slipcase foiling is a mock-up and may be subject to change.
Author: Grady Hendrix
Artist: Babs Webb
Publication Date: Publication Date: Est. July/August 2026
Edition: Signed & Numbered Slipcased Limited Hardcover
Praise for Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
“Hendrix’s genius as a horror writer is his ability to develop complex, human-scale emotional arcs . . . Never before has one of his books so aptly met the moment . . . at turns frightening, anxiety-producing, infuriating, beautiful and sad.”
—The New York Times
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls (Signed & Slipcased Limited Edition) (preorder)
Publication Date: Est. July/August 2026
“Hendrix’s genius as a horror writer is his ability to develop complex, human-scale emotional arcs . . . Never before has one of his books so aptly met the moment . . . at turns frightening, anxiety-producing, infuriating, beautiful and sad.”—The New York Times
They were never girls, they were witches . . . .
They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to the Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, to give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened.
Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970, pregnant, frightened, and alone. Under the watchful eye of the stern Miss Wellwood, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament. There’s Rose, a hippie who insists she’s going to find a way to keep her baby and escape to a commune. And Zinnia, a budding musician who plans to marry her baby’s father. And Holly, a wisp of a girl, barely fourteen, mute and pregnant by no-one-knows-who.
Everything the girls eat, every moment of their waking day, and everything they’re allowed to talk about is strictly controlled by the adults who claim they know what’s best for them. Then Fern meets a librarian who gives her an occult book about witchcraft, and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in their lives. But power can destroy as easily as it creates, and it’s never given freely. There’s always a price to be paid . . . and it’s usually paid in blood.
Signed Limited Hardcover Edition:
Limited to only 600 signed and hand-numbered copies
Signed by Grady Hendrix and Babs Webb on a specially designed illustrated signature page
6.14” x 9.21” trim size
560 pages
Offset printed on 100gsm Munken Print Cream
Quarter bound in an imitation leather with a matte leather look over Dubletta cloth
Head and tail bands
Featuring five interior illustrations printed on a special silk art stock & tipped into the book
Hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine
Full-colour endpapers
Sewn binding
Ribbon page marker
Dust jacket and interior artwork by Babs Webb
Housed in a custom handmade slipcase
Covered in an imitation leather with a matte leather look
Hot foil stamping on the front, back and spine
Includes a hand-numbered limited edition bookmark
Please note: the slipcase foiling is a mock-up and may be subject to change.
Author: Grady Hendrix
Artist: Babs Webb
Publication Date: Publication Date: Est. July/August 2026
Edition: Signed & Numbered Slipcased Limited Hardcover
Praise for Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
“Hendrix’s genius as a horror writer is his ability to develop complex, human-scale emotional arcs . . . Never before has one of his books so aptly met the moment . . . at turns frightening, anxiety-producing, infuriating, beautiful and sad.”
—The New York Times
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