Neil Cochrane’s novel The Story of the Hundred Promises (publication date: October 4, 2022) uses the fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast” to...

Editor’s note: This fantastically magical poem left my mind reeling in a very good way, and it explores the wildness of the natural world...

Editor’s note: This is just so much fun. I love the way the baby arrives. I love the sachets. I love how accepting the characters are...

Editor’s note: The structure of this story is pretty traditional, but I love the surprising little details. And I really wanted to know...

Editor’s note: The use of folk magic in this poem, along with its economy of words, paints a truly magical picture for the reader. And I...

Editor’s note: The wild, prose-poem imagery of this work grabbed me with its teeming, excited, magical, fevered language and pace. It...

Editor’s note: The power of dreams and the obsessive devotion of a mother made this story ring true to me. There is sadness and grace in...

Editor’s note: Lynden’s story is unexpected, twisty, and stitched together very well. You’ve not read a tale like this one before. The...

Editor’s note: Parenthood leads to a million wishes, and this poem addresses one of the biggest wishes parents ever make with charm and...

Editor’s note: Oh the traps that are laid for protagonists in fairy tales! That’s what this poem conjures up for me. It also makes me...

Editor’s note: Happy Halloween to one and all. I couldn’t resist one more spooky (and funny) offering, so here you go. I liked the...

Editor’s note: This story appealed to me because it has a classic fairy tale structure, combined with beautiful details—especially about...

Editor’s note: I’m a granny, so I’m a sucker for a grandmother story. And what a grandmother! And what daughters! Such powers they have!...

Timing: The moon need not be waxing. It need not be the second Sunday of Spring, Or quarter-past midnight on the Dark Sabbat, But the...

Welcome to EC's October Witch Issue! Wild and perfect, they belonged to the night with their hair flowing around them and their song of...

Editor’s note: The presence of nature spirits and of a natural cure in this tale grabbed my attention, as did the ending that left me...

Editor’s note: The sweet simplicity of this story is a delight. It really could be a fable from thousands of years ago. Very satisfying...

Editor’s note: Food and spells. Food as spells. Completely irresistible and so we didn’t resist it! Brittany and Sara are scholar poets...