Our Coven

Wycke Malliway

Wycke Malliway

Owner

Wycke Malliway has been practicing withcraft his entire life, muddling goofy potions and talking to oddball spirits since the green age of four. With his brother, Blake, Wycke opened up the Malliway Bros witchcraft shop, teaches enchanting classes through the Witches’ Conclave, and publishes fine occult material at Crossed Crow Books. Though he may be hard to track down some days, an offering of acorns and a jaunty tune will likely summon him near.

Blake Malliway

Blake Malliway

Co-Owner

Since a young age, Blake Malliway has been passionate about collecting and reading books. This quality combined with his deep interest in the magical arts have no doubt contributed to the manifestation of Crossed Crow Books. When he's not neck-deep in work, he can usually be found getting lost in his personal book collection, wandering through the woods, strolling through a cemetery at midnight, or running off to Cornwall to recharge his magical batteries. He lives in Highland Park, Illinois, just north of Chicago, with Feens, his spoiled black cat.

Lucas Lona

Lucas Lona

Lucas is a Chicago based occultist, primarily focused on the practice of Infernal and Angelic magic, coupled with an intense study of western ceremonial magic systems and various forms of Witchcraft. He is constantly developing new theories and diving into experiments focused on finding methods of expressing magic in new ways in the current era. Outside of occultism, Lucas is still a man of many magics: he's been a performance magician since the age of five (primarily with playing cards), is a writer and actor, and is always down for a good game night!

Brandon Sosa

Hailing from the Appalachian region, Brandon blends mountain conjure, Christian folk magic, and higher Kabbalistic studies to become a cunning man of the Great Lakes. Many of his methods include the use of working roots and harnessing the spirits within powerful tools to aid in magical acts. With a reverence for tarot and a burning passion for all matters of witchery, Brandon is ready to meet you in the shop to chat, learn, and discuss every crook and crux of the crooked path.