History is filled with stories of women accused of witchcraft, of fearsome girls with arcane knowledge. Toil & Trouble features fifteen stories of girls embracing their power, reclaiming their destinies and using their magic to create, to curse, to cure---and to kill.

Starsong / Tehlor Kay Mejia -- Afterbirth / Andrea Cremer -- The heart in her hands / Tess Sharpe -- Death in the Sawtooths / Lindsay Smith -- The truth about Queenie / Brandy Colbert -- The Moonapple Menagerie / Shveta Thakrar -- The legend of Stone Mary / Robin Talley -- The one who stayed / Nova Ren Suma -- Divine are the stars / Zoraida Cordova -- Daughters of Baba Yaga / Brenna Yovanoff -- The well witch / Kate Hart -- Beware of girls with crooked mouths / Jessica Spotswood -- Love spell / Anna-Marie McLemore -- The Gherin Girls / Emery Lord -- Why they watch us burn / Elizabeth May.