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Cinderella's Hearth: Autumn Leaves by Kelly Jarvis
Cinderella has always seemed like an autumn fairy tale to me. Perrault's variant features the most autumnal of fruits, a pumpkin, turned...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 11, 20243 min read


Review by Kelly Jarvis: Grimm Curiosities by Sharon Lynn Fisher
Grimm Curiosities by Sharon Lynn Fisher is a folklore-filled romantic mystery that is impossible to put down! Set in 1851 York, the most...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 6, 20243 min read


Cinderella's Hearth: Apple Crumble by Lissa Sloan
It’s apple season! My family always gets very excited for local apples, so I naturally grabbed the first bag I could find. It was a new...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 4, 20242 min read


Tellers of Tales: FTM's Poetry and Prose Contest Winners
Storytelling is a human act. Since the beginning of recorded history, people have shared stories around the fire, spinning new tales from...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 1, 20241 min read


"A Wishing Star" by Katie Jordan
Martha stood, shoulders hunched, back arched, her body resembling an accordion. Her stained shoes, in need of a cobbler’s attention,...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 1, 20245 min read


"Find Your Voice" by Lauren Reynolds
They plucked my crane feathers They stole my seal skin They clipped my angel’s wings And burned my mermaid’s tail Forced me to sit in a...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 1, 20242 min read


"Little Trembling" by Lynden Wade
Harsh and cruel was the Prince of the South. The Earl of the East, Lord of the West and the Count of the North ruled fairly and justly,...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 1, 20248 min read


"When Rumpy Met Sally" by Steve Aultman
There are many variations on the tale of Rumpelstiltskin, but this is the one true and correct version, handed down to me by my...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 1, 20248 min read


"A Price Far Above Rubies" by Marcia A. Sherman
Two glasses of wine, please. Sorry, that happens all the time. These gems will pay for the wine and the meal, and the beds, yes? Oops,...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Oct 31, 20242 min read


"Ladies of the Dance" by Deborah Sage
At the silver borders of night, when Stars are scattered coins across a velvet Sky and the moon glows sovereign and sublime, They come,...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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