Description
How to Make Bad Things Happen to Awful People: Spells for Revenge, Power & Protection by Deborah Gray is a paperback book of humorous hexes, protection spells, and banishing incantations for readers who enjoy witchcraft with a sharp sense of humour. Gray is also known as the co-author of How to Turn Your Ex-Boyfriend into a Toad, and this title follows a similar wickedly witty approach, focusing on difficult people, draining situations, gossip, betrayal, and the process of reclaiming confidence after being treated badly.
The book contains 101 spells and incantations with titles such as Dragon Slayer, Nanny No Go, Dirty Rotten Scoundrel, Troll Stalker, and Jinx Off. While the language is deliberately bold and revenge-themed, the tone is playful rather than heavy. It is best understood as a spirited book of symbolic spellwork, personal power, emotional release, banishing, and protection. Readers may turn to it after a breakup, workplace conflict, social tension, family drama, or any situation where they feel they need to reset their boundaries and stop carrying someone else’s behaviour around with them.
In practical use, How to Make Bad Things Happen to Awful People can be read for entertainment, kept with a spell book collection, or used as inspiration for light-hearted ritual work. A reader might choose a protection spell before dealing with a difficult person, a banishing incantation after an argument, or a confidence-focused working when they feel undermined. The book’s appeal lies in its mix of humour, irritation, and empowerment, offering a way to laugh, name the problem, and shift attention back towards personal strength.
This is a suitable choice for customers interested in witchcraft books, protection spells, banishing work, hex-themed humour, and practical ritual writing that does not take itself too seriously. It may also make a memorable gift for someone with a bold reading style, a fondness for mischievous magickal books, or a need for a little symbolic encouragement after dealing with difficult people. As with all spellwork involving conflict, it is worth approaching the material with discernment, clear intention, and an understanding that ritual practice is not a substitute for real-world support, safety planning, or direct action where needed.
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