James Reese received an MA in Theatre and is now pursuing a graduate degree in Linguistics. Presently, he splits his time between Paris, France, and Tampa, Florida, where he is and working on a fifth novel. Read excerpts at his 
The Book of Shadows by James Reese
James Reese attempts Anne-Rice-style supernatural fiction with The Book of Shadows, his first novel. It is Rice-like in that it contains gender-bending sexual material, lush detail, horrifying violence, and a set of supernatural beings who have long existed in folklore but are given new “rules” and characteristics by the author. Here, it’s witches, but not the sort of harmless neo-pagan witches that are around today. These are witches as depicted in medieval lore, throwing orgies and dealing with demons.
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