This Is It

'Set spells are risk-free," I saw my father's eyes narrow slightly at that, so I hurried to continue, 'or to put it more correctly, set spells are those in which the risk, if any, is known. On the other hand, improvised spells can give the desired result, but the risk is unknown; they are to only be used if there's no other way."

Reciting such a basic rule, as if I was a grade schooler, was not my idea of testing the results of my special 'witchcraft lessons". Set ...