Paul Cornell's author bio mentions the many different media he's written (and won
awards) for, including TV and a couple of the most popular episodes of the revived
Doctor Who (but nothing for some years now.) It does make me wonder if
Witches of Lychford wasn't originally envisaged as a book, because by its end
it does feel like you've just watched the pilot for a supernatural TV show. It's not
just the fact that it mostly establishes a setting and characters for further
stories - and there
is already another book in the series - but also the fact
that it's so short. It basically has time to introduce its central mismatched trio -
a witch, a vicar and an atheist-turned-occultist - and its location of Lychford, a
village that's a weak spot between supernatural dimensions. The three women get to
form an uneasy alliance and fight off their first challenge, the proposal of a
supermarket whose building would destroy the occult protections against invasion
from other realms. It's certainly mainly setup for "more adventures to come..." and
it's, unsurprisingly, well-written with well-drawn characters, so I
will look
out for those further adventures, but much as I like a quick read I hope we get the
chance for something a bit more intricate than a novella next
time.
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