Quintha Thistlewhite Adventure

Quintha Thistlewhite is an unremarkable, solitary cottage witch. On what is supposed to be an unremarkable trip to the fall market to stock up for winter, she becomes embroiled in a rather remarkable murder mystery.Can she clear her name before winter sets in? Or will she hang at the end of a noose for a crime she didn't commit?Granny Weatherwax meets Miss Marple in this cozy fantasy featuring a hedgehog, an imperious wizard, and lots of good ale. C.B. Calsing was born and grew up in the small Central Coast town of San Luis Obispo, California. As a child, she spent long hours composing stories and plays. Half-way through her junior year in high school, she left to attend Cuesta Community College, where, after a few years of study, she received her associate of arts degree with honors. Following that, she transferred to Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. There, she completed her bachelor of arts in English. She took a year off, traveled to Indonesia and Ireland, and then decided to return to school to become a certified English teacher.In 2002, fresh out of her studies, Mrs. Calsing and her future husband moved to New Orleans. Mrs. Calsing has worked in the field of education throughout the Greater New Orleans Area for the last eight years. In 2004, she married. Following her evacuation from Hurricane Katrina, Mrs. Calsing returned to New Orleans and began her master of fine arts degree in creative writing, fiction, at the University of New Orleans. She completed that in 2009. After teaching in Louisiana and Hawaii, she retired to write and edit full-time in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada"To Wade Alone," a story from her collection All Along the Pacific, took second place in the On the Premises "First" contest in June 2009. Her work has appeared in college literary journals, guerrilla zines, and on websites. Her work also appeared in anthologies such as An Honest Lie Volume One and Things We Are Not, a collection of queer science fiction.