MisSpelled - A Charming Web Series Featuring Witches Of Color

MisSpelled is a supernatural web series about the misadventures of a coven of five young witches of color.

Created by Lindsey McDowell (who also stars), the show focuses on the friendship and rivalries between the young women as they cope with high school - as well as the emergence of their magical powers.

Think of the series as the love child of the cult film The Craft and the tv show Charmed.

The main plot focuses on how the coven must  cope with a crisis after one of their own loses control of her powers and makes a catastrophic  mistake.

Check out the series trailer ...

Listen to our EYE ON SCI-FI podcast episode featuring MisSpelled!

Watch all seven episodes of MisSpelled on YouTube.

Ms. McDowell has created  a refreshing web series that provides vital representation to a much underserved audience in fantasy and science fiction -  young women of color.

The witches of MisSpelled are intelligent, funny, and incorrigible.

They also provide a welcome contrast to overwhelmingly lily-white depictions in genre entertainment.

The young cast is terrific, and the chemistry between them is undeniable.

Due to the strength of their performances, you won't doubt for a minute the close - and often contentious - friendship shared by these young women.

MisSpelled is sure to enchant with its engaging story, strong cast performances, solid visual effects, and depictions of diverse, relatable young women.

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Wizard Hunters The Web Series - A Young Girl Discovers Her Mystical Destiny

There's Something About Crystal

Wizard Hunters is a 2012 urban fantasy web series produced by Uphill Pictures.

It tells the story of Crystal (Scarlett Lynn), a seemingly ordinary 12-year old girl who is coping with the loss of her parents and life with her foster mother Jessica (Karita Fleming).

After having a vivid nightmare about being confronted by a terrifying evil, Crystal soon discovers she has an incredible destiny .  

She is the key to ending a centuries old conflict between vampire and wizards.

However, forces both light and dark are seeking her.

Who can Crystal trust?

An Urban Fantasy Come To Life

What immediately struck me about Wizard Hunters is, it is one of far too few urban fantasy web series.

A main reason for the popularity of urban fantasies is their modern environments are far more relatable and accessible versus the often medieval settings of traditional fantasies.

Wizard Hunters uses this advantage to full effect. For example, the central conflict of the series takes place in a parking garage, a location familiar to many viewers. This serves to gives the fantasy a gritty, real-world grounding.

Other series hallmarks include its visual style and solid cast performances - especially Ms. Lynn as Crystal.

She has real acting chops and presence. I expect we will be seeing great things from this charismatic young actress.

The series mythology is also highly realized and compelling.

We eventually learn the origin of the conflict between wizards and vampires, as well as why Crystal is so important to both sides.

Get a sense of the series atmosphere by watching the pilot episode ...

The complete first season of Wizard Hunters  is comprised of five episodes, all available for viewing on its YouTube channel WizardHuntersOnline.

Unfortunately, a Kickstarter campaign to finance a second season was unsuccessful. Apparently, plans have been abandoned to proceed with future episodes.

This is regrettable, because I really wanted to see more of Crystal's journey. Instead, we will just have to enjoy the only season of a very well-produced urban fantasy.

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