Bruce Jenvey is the author of My Father's Ashes,
The Cabbottown Witch Novels:
Angela's Coven (2011, an Epic Award and Global E-Book Award finalist -- Now available in paperback)
The Great Northern Coven (released 10/19/12)
The Ragtime Coven (now released)
As well as Novellas "Benny" and "Kevin" and other tales of the paranormal.
Bruce turned to fiction after ten years as the Publishing Editor of Great Lakes Cruiser magazine, a travel and history publication for the Great Lakes Region. Prior to that, he spent twenty years in the advertising industry writing national advertising materials for such clients as Pontiac, Cadillac and more.
“People who buy the little jars and boxes aren’t staying. They only want enough to last them while they’re here.”--Ginger the Checkout girl from The Great Northern Coven”
“Little Marjorie was born an only child some forty years ago. She had lost her mother at a young age and her father never remarried. All her life she had been cursed with the need for her ‘coke-bottle’ glasses with the practical over-sized frames. And then there was the unfortunate appearance of her protruding front teeth. She had always been a slight child, but when children begin to grow into young men and women, slight becomes scrawny and her lack of fashion-sense and self-worth had sealed her social fate. Marjorie had never gone to Prom, nor any dance for that matter, and when the boys chose mates and began the next phase of the great circle of life…little Marjorie Morningstar had not been included. --From The Great Northern Coven”
“Oh, Lady Emma… I like to think there’s a little bit of witch in all of us. Don’t you agree?”--Andrea from Angela's Coven #covenbooks”
“I haven't baked a child in... decades!"--Aunt Maddy from Anbgela's Coven #covenbooks”
“Without the brandy, it’s just… crumbled up tes leaves floatin’ in warmwater… and what fun would that be?”--Aunt Maddy from Angela's Coven #covenbooks”
“I actually cook and eat real food, too.No roast Hansel, no grilled Gretel…I promise.”--Angela from Angela's Coven #covenbooks”
“It’s an invention of mine… I call it… Shag Carpet. Women will LOVE it. At first, anyway… And then they’ll be STUCK with it! But I’m saving that for the ‘70s.”--Lucifer from Angela’s Coven”
“The loneliest place to spend eternity is your own life after you can't change it anymore."--Lucifer from Kevin”
“You have touched the Eagle-Man! ...Well, you may have done more than just touch..." --Dorothy Whitecloud from The Great Northern Coven”
“Who told you I've been losing?""You did!""Well, THERE'S your trouble! I've been lyin'!"--Ron Shawver and his Mom from The Great Northern Coven”
“I always thought the Nativity Story needed a little comic releif..." --Ron Shawver from The Great Northern Coven”
“Obsession is an addiction you may never shake free of. It just… holds you and never gives anything in return. But love, you can give all you’ve got to love and it always gives you back more. That’s how you can tell the difference between the two. I know that now.” --Robyn Hannaford from The Great Northern Coven”
“And to do something that helps your coven survive, even after your own death, is the greatest gift you can possibly give them…”--Angela from Angela’s Coven”
“Do I at least get to keep the toothbrush?”“Sure. Unless you can get it back in that wrapper and seal it up all nice and new. Well, that’s what the last girl did. See,you can hardly tell it’s been opened!”--Reggie Sinclair from Angela's Coven”
“You've weaponized mums... and you've made so MANY of them!" --Reggie Sinclair from Angela's Coven.”
“Let me get this straight: You want to poison me nearly to death, put me out to the side of the road and then set me on fire, right?""...It sounded a lot better when we were out in the mushroom patch.""Those must have been SOME mushrooms!"--Reggie Sinclair and The Witches in Training from Angela's Coven.”
“No, they’re just black vinyl. Probably somebody else’s record that didn’t sell for shit and they got stuck with a bunch of leftovers. They hit it with some spray paint and stick a commemorative label on it and you’ve got your ‘Official Gold Record.’ Kind of ironic though, isn’t it…marking your success with someone else’s failure.”--Reggie Sinclair from Angela's Coven”
“Dear, Mr. Ajax…don’t ye know…the fires of Hell are stoked by righteous lawyers! Tis a fact it is. All that hot air… How’d ya think they get that Brimstone so hot?”--Old Tom Goodling from Angela's Coven”
“I know... that's why you're down here and not enjoying some picnic in a golden meadow amongst the harps and puffy clouds."--Lucifer from Angela's Coven”