Witches Three

Witches Three is an anthology of three original fantasy stories, edited by the uncredited Fletcher Pratt and published in hardcover by Twayne in 1952.

Witches Three was the second and last in the publisher's "Twayne Triplets,"[2] a series of science fiction and fantasy anthologies of which each was to be written by a trio of writers on a common theme.

Basil Davenport, reviewing the anthology in The New York Times, called the book "an unusually generous omnibus," the contents of which he regarded as "all of high quality."

He praised John Ciardi's "highly perceptive introduction" and finds "real excitement" in Leiber's "comedy-melodrama," highlighting its central idea as "one of those ... of which you say, 'Why, I never thought of that before, but it's obviously perfectly true!"

"[3] "If you are weary of gleaming spaceships and bug-eyed monsters on distant planets," wrote The Washington Post, "try these comparatively old-fashioned tales of horror and witchcraft.