Suzanne Feldman's uncanny gift for unwrapping the human experience to expose our gritty fears, our fierce loves, is enthrallingly on display in these gleaming stories. With flashes of sly wit and a refusal to flinch, these beautifully composed fictions stand with the best that contemporary fiction has to offer.

Elise Levine, author of Like This

Wide-ranging in subject matter and style, these stories are unwavering in their attention to human passions. Uplifting and heartbreaking moments go side by side in fiction as in life, and the punches come from the direction you least expect. Spending time Suzanne Feldman’s world is pure joy.

Olga Zilberbourg, author of Like Water and Other Stories

With writing that is sharp and engaging, The Witch Bottle deftly takes its readers through a variety of eras and regions and social settings, at each stop introducing us to new characters who all are desperate to belong. Through the stories in her collection, Suzanne Feldman subtly reminds us that while different periods and circumstances inevitably create their own unique challenges, at heart there is an underlying commonality in human experience that yearns for connection and understanding and meaning. It is being caught at that precise intersection of yearning and expectation that makes each of these stories in The Witch Bottle so affecting.

Adam Braver, author of November 22, 1963 and Rejoice the Head of Paul McCartney

These are characters who have the courage to live by their ideals in order to honor their art and the values they regard as more important than traditional careers. In this way, Feldman’s characters show strength, toughness, and independence.

Adam Schwartz, Author of Rest of the World

These are all too human stories, with universal themes, revealing frailty and surprising courage. There is much to identify with and reflect upon in these stories and in the wisdom of Ms. Feldman's writings.

Michael T. Tusa Jr author of And Trouble Followed and A Second Chance at Dancing.

With sweeping historical vision and a natural storyteller's charm, Suzanne Feldman takes us on a joyride in The Witch Bottle. Each story will surprise in a different way, each story will thrill in manifold ways. What a fantastic collection.

Matt Gallagher, author of Empire City and Youngblood