The literary output of one Ashleigh M, slightly redacted
I sat down one evening and tried to recreate a listing of all of my published works over the years. I know that this isn’t a complete listing, as there were many things I submitted for publication that were accepted by various and sundry publications that I’ve forgotten over the years, some gaming, Sci-fi, and fandom -zines, some vanity press things, and whatnot, but this is off the top of my head that I can actually remember.
A few of these, I no longer have copies of, to my regret. That’s a casualty of moving 3 dozen times in 40 years, a few floods, and a rodent infestation or two in your storeroom, not to mention the inevitatble computer failures and hard drive crashes.
However, here is my list as it currently stands. I may be able to expand on it a bit as more things surface. The one I really, really regret no longer having a copy of is the first one on the list. my only copy of it got destroyed in a flood of my parents’ storeroom in 1978 while I was overseas in the Navy, along with several years of personal correspondence with a lot of people who are now dead, and several magazines and journals that are long out of print and unavailable. See, however, the note with that entry.
The literary output of one Ashleigh M, slightly redacted:
How the Devil Got His Horns, and other tails ©1975, rev. ed. 2020 by AR Mitchell
Publication date 1975 revised and updated 2020, (this is still pending and in revision)
A collection of poems and stories from my childhood, including the tale of the night the Devil appeared in my closet and told me the true story of his “Fall from Heaven” (note: as of 1 March 2020, I am attempting to recreate as much of this as I can. Some of the poetry is lost forever, but others are still in diaries and journals.)
Wicca Covens: How to Start and Organize Your Own by Judy Harrow
Publisher: Citadel (December 1, 2000)
additional consultant for book
Which Witch Is Which?: A Concise Guide To Wiccan And Neo-pagan Paths And Traditions by Patricia Telesco
Publisher: New Page Books
Publication Date: November 1, 2004
Contributing Participant, Credited as “Moondancer”
Keepers of the Flame by Morganna Davies and Aradia Lynch
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing; 1st edition (November 1, 2006)
additional consultant for book
The Witches’ Almanac Spring 2006 – Spring 2007
Publisher: Witches Almanac Ltd.; 2006-2007 ed. edition
First Printing January 2006
article “Tiresias, the Theban Seer” article
Credited as “Moondancer”
The Witches’ Almanac Spring 2007 – Spring 2008, Issue 26
Witches Almanac Ltd.; 2007-2008 ed. edition (October 31, 2006)
ongoing column “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”
Credited as “Herb McSidhe”
The Witches’ Almanac Spring 2007 – Spring 2008, Issue 26
Witches Almanac Ltd.; 2007-2008 ed. edition (October 31, 2006)
article “The Buzz on Honeybees”
Credited as “Moondancer
The Witches’ Almanac Spring 2007 – Spring 2008, Issue 26
Witches Almanac Ltd.; 2007-2008 ed. edition (October 31, 2006)
article “The Eleusinian Mysteries”
Credited as “Ash McShee”
Witches’ Almanac 2008 (Witches’ Almanac: Complete Guide to Lunar Harmony) (Issue 27)
Publisher: Witches Almanac Ltd. (October 31, 2007)
ongoing column “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”
Credited as “Herb McSidhe”
The Witches Almanac: Spring 2009-Spring 2010 (Issue 28)
Publisher: The Witches’ Almanac; 2009-2010 ed. edition (October 31, 2008)
ongoing column “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”
Credited as “Herb McSidhe”
The Small-Town Pagan’s Survival Guide: How to Thrive in Any Community
by Bronwen Forbes
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
Publication Date: September 8, 2011
Contributing Participant, Credited as “Moondancer”
“Now and Always, Mine: A reflection on being a Child of Diana” © 2015 published in
Reflections in Diana’s Mirror: A Devotional for the Queen of Heaven
Anthology edited by Jonathan Sousa
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (March 25, 2015)
Contributing Participant, Credited as Ashleigh Mitchell
Pan’s Pipings: “On Morris”, a four part series, July – October 1979, in The Georgian Newsletter; reprinted in Pentalpha Journal, date unknown
WITCH BOTTLES: A Nesting Concept, Ashleigh McSidhe, ©2016
“Rite of Purification”, ritual by Moondancer; The Crystal Well / Vol. 14, #2
“The Use of Color in Magic” ©2001 By Arwynn MacFeylnnd and Moondancer (Ashleigh McSidhe); revised and expanded ©2016 Ashleigh McSidhe; originally published as “The Basics of Magick: Color Magick” in the November 2001 issue of Echoed Voices e-magazine (now defunct).
UNCROSSING AND UNHEXING: Some notes and comments by Ashleigh McSidhe (compiled, coincidently, on the Feast Day of San Cipriano di Antiochia, 26 September 2016.)
“Words, and Other Useless Things, like Deeds, or Reclaiming the Present”, Georgian Newsletter, Dec 1985. ©1985 Scarecrow and Moondancer
(This was part of an ongoing series that ran sporadically in the pages of the Georgian Newsletter from 1976-1990; as pieces are recovered, I may make them available in a collected edition.
“I’ll Tumble for You” a Harry Potter drabble/flash-fic ©2003 Ashleigh McSidhe
“Spirits of the Past” a Harry Potter fanfic, ©2003, Ashleigh McSidhe
“Hiraeth” poem ©2003, Ashleigh McSidhe
“Au Clair de la Lune””, novella, a Harry Potter fanfic, ©2003 by Ash McSidhe
“Tabula Rasa” a drabble/flash-fic ©2006 Ashleigh McSidhe
“A Meeting of Minds, or The Rules, explained” drabble/flash-fic ©2007 Ashleigh McSidhe
“The One of Whom I Dream” poem ©2005 Ashleigh McSidhe
“Holy Water” article ©2015 Ashleigh McSidhe
“An Exploration of the Symbolism of Colors and Numbers in Medieval Tarot” article © Ashleigh McSidhe
“Unveiling the Mystical: Divination and Folklore Customs of October” article ©2023 Ashleigh McSidhe
“Introduction to Historic Tarot Decks” article ©2023 Ashleigh McSidhe
Forthcoming:
The Eld Island Mysteries (book series) writing as Ren Duvall with my writing partner.
On the Witches’ Mark, article ©2024 Ashleigh McSidhe
Traditionalist Witchcraft: A North American Primer ©2024 Ashleigh McSidhe
So You Want to Read Tarot ©2024 Ashleigh McSidhe
Tarot by the Numbers ©2024 Ashleigh McSidhe
TransPagan: Change your Stars ©2024 Ashleigh McSidhe
Somehow it doesn’t seem like a lot, considering that I’ve been scribbling on pads of paper since I was at least 10.