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Besides podcasts, Nerd & Tie creators occasionally publish books. Here are the currently available releases from the Nerd & Tie family!

Nerd & Tie Authors:

Trae Dorn

Trae Dorn is a geeky, nonbinary genderqueer witch who lives just on the edge of the woods somewhere in Wisconsin with their wife.

Besides hosting a number of shows here on Nerd & Tie (including popular witchcraft podcast BS-Free Witchcraft), Trae writes contemporary fantasy novels and is the creator of the comics Peregrine Lake and UnCONventional.

They are also very, very tired. (View Trae’s Author Page)

Featured Title:

The Witch and the Rose (Mia Graves Book One)
ISBN: 9798869132666
Available Via: Amazon / Kindle / ePub / Direct Order

Description: The Rose House, a Victorian relic in the quaint college town of Parrish Mills, harbors a dark secret. A malevolent spirit haunts its halls, and seeks to claim the home’s newest owner, young professor Riley Whittaker. Riley seeks the aid of the enigmatic Mia Graves, a captivating witch with a mysterious past. Only Mia can stand against the vengeful spirit’s spectral grip and the lingering enigma of Lila Rose, another ethereal resident of the haunted mansion. In a dance between danger and desire, Mia must unravel her own darkness to save Riley from the clutches of the supernatural.

Charlie Etheridge-Nunn

Charlie Etheridge-Nunn, is the writer of such comics as Blob Detective and Explosion High! He’s also written about games for Who Dares Rolls and made videos for them on the Who Dares Rolls YouTube Channel.

Charlie is the co-host of Casual Trek, which you can find right here on the Nerd & Tie Network.

If you want to know more about Charlie, you can visit his website at FakedTales.com. (View Charlie’s Author Page)

Featured Title:

Explosion High! No. 1 (Mad Robot Comics)
Available Via: itch.io / Drive Thru Comics

Description: Is your super-powered child looking like they might become a threat and/or menace? Is your sidekick slacking? Is your deity depressed? Send them to Explosion High where our regimen of strict lessons, dinosaur attacks and [REDACTED] will get them into shape! Explosion High will make learning fun… and deadly!

Featuring three stupendous stories in 24 pulse-pounding pages written by Charlie Etheridge-Nunn drawn by an amazing array of artists! The Exploding Race drops the class into a race through a jungle infested with robots! Dinosaurs! Robot dinosaurs! And more! Art by Norrie Millar and colours by Faye Stacey! Bad Guy shows some of the people lost in the race facing the horrors of the jungle, and each other! Art by Debora Lancianese! The Faulty Stars gets the gang together at a party for everyone who survived finished the race! Art by Mike Armstrong and colours by Debora Lancianese! There’s also a one-page epilogue drawn and coloured by Russell Mark Olson, and the whole thing was lettered by the legend, Rob Jones!

Bree NicGarran

Bree NicGarran grew up in the wilds of Bucks County, PA, and now resides near Williamsburg, VA. She started reading at an early age and began writing shortly thereafter. Her first solo book, Grovedaughter Witchery: Practical Spellcraft, was published in January 2017. It has received rave reviews and is being hailed by the online pagan community as the new must-have book for beginner witches. Bree is currently hard at work on a second volume of fairy-tale spells.

In addition to her writing, Bree maintains a blog about and answering questions pertaining to cottage witchcraft, while juggling her day job, her social life, and the business end of of indie authorship. She also hosts the monthly “Hex Positive” podcast on the Nerd & Tie Podcast Network. She currently lives with her husband and two wild balls of ginger fur named Havoc and Penny, and is very glad that none of them seem to mind having a pagan altar in the living room.
(View Bree’s Author Page)

Featured Title:

Grovedaughter Witchery: Practical Spellcraft
ISBN: 9781541145788
Available Via: Amazon / Kindle / Direct Order

Description: For the witch whose town is devoid of occult shops and covens, learning the craft can be a daunting task indeed. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways for a budding practitioner to make a start. Stroll down the forest path with Bree NicGarran, co-author of “The Sisters Grimmoire” and “The Witches’ Cupboard,” and discover the surprising ways you can practice your craft with commonplace items from the supermarket and the craft store. Build a travel kit for on-the-go magic. Create your own spells from scratch with a step-by-step guide. Learn how to make your own witch webs and magical powders. Uncover the secrets of walnut charms and witchballs and much, much more. Every page carries tricks of the trade and homegrown charms from the files of the Grovedaughter herself.From besoms to banishings to a bit of good advice, Grovedaughter Witchery is the ideal book for any witch with an inclination toward a practical, no-frills approach to witchcraft.