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Book Review: Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
This book comes together in a very meaningful way. By the end, I was teary-eyed, in a good way. The action takes place on a fictional...
Kate Wolford
Aug 18, 20221 min read


Book Review: The Vermilion Emporium by Jamie Pacton
The Vermilion Emporium by Jamie Pacton is a young adult fantasy novel that drips with beauty as it explores the value and cost of...
Kelly Jarvis
Aug 11, 20221 min read


Kate's Pick: The Grand Chateau Gift Box
Check out Kate's fabulous fairy tale finds that you can enjoy, too! This week's pick: AN OUTRAGEOUS TREAT! I try to keep my picks...
Kate Wolford
Aug 8, 20221 min read


Book Review: Ashes by M.K. Harkins
“Ashes” is a fun, exciting, lighthearted read that kept my interest from beginning to end. Had I read it at 12, I’d have adored it. Our...
Kate Wolford
Aug 4, 20222 min read


A Review: A Poetry Collection that Casts a Spell
Each poem in Stephanie Parent’s collection Every Poem a Potion, Every Spell a Song showcases the poet’s love for traditional and popular...
Kelly Jarvis
Jul 27, 20221 min read


Big Changes at the Magazine by Kate Wolford
Hello Enchanted Friends: I’m busy picking stories and poems for the next issue, and with that in mind, I want to let you know that the...
Kate Wolford
Jul 19, 20223 min read


Kate's Pick: The Black Forager
Check out Kate's fabulous fairy tale finds that you can enjoy, too! This week's pick: THE BLACK FORAGER Here’s the first of what I hope...
Kate Wolford
Jul 9, 20223 min read


Women of the Golden Age of Illustration: Margaret Evans Price
The Golden Age of Illustration is a term applied to a time period (1880s - 1920s) of unprecedented excellence in book and magazine...
Amanda Bergloff
Jun 28, 20222 min read


Snowballs for Angels by Priya Sridhar
Editor's Note: Today's essay, by Priya Sridhar, takes Hans Christian Andersen's tale of "The Little Match Girl," and looks at it through...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Jun 18, 20224 min read


June 2022 Issue: "Whispers of Wind"
Whispers of wind stirred echoes of the past and scattered thoughts of a different time and place through her mind... ~ A. Bergloff In...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Jun 5, 20221 min read


Lost & Found in the Rain by Alicia Hilton
Hiking through a forest preserve, I tried to find myself hiding in dappled shadows. Hazy clouds veiled the sun, unleashed icy drizzle. A...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Jun 5, 20221 min read


The Queen's Temple by Alexander Etheridge
There’s a scorpion in your mind, and vast fires in your eye. The sun went down ten thousand years ago, its light fell into a swallowing...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Jun 5, 20221 min read


Seasonal Affliction by Robert Allen Lupton
A farmer had five sons and when he died his farm was divided into equal shares, one for each son. The sons worked hard, married, and had...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Jun 5, 20224 min read


Climate Change by TS S. Fulk
The month of April passed without any showers elf tears do not suffice so May flowers struggle where shall bees and faeries flit and...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Jun 5, 20221 min read


Light Bird, Shadow Bird by Jason P. Burnham
Sunny days are my favorite You’re always full of energy on sunny days. We fly together, up into the light; I can never keep up You fly...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Jun 5, 20221 min read


The Stone Sister by Betty Stanton
A very long time ago a huntsman and his young wife lived in a small cottage by the forest. The huntsman and his wife wanted to have a...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Jun 5, 20224 min read


Windy Season by Eve Morton
On the first day of Windy Season, Mina woke at dawn. The house was already filled with life. Her mother boiled water in the kitchen, the...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Jun 5, 20224 min read


The Shadow Prince by Susan K.H. Newman
Once there was a proud and independent prince. Although respectful in his duties and affectionate with his family, he was the first to...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Jun 5, 20224 min read


Zeus Returns, Briefly by Eric Pinder
Zeus scowls down one summer Sunday afternoon at a town unconcerned with a grimace from the sky. He glowers. He glares. He strives to...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Apr 2, 20221 min read


The Tempest & The Rainbow: April 2022 Issue Table of Contents
The wind and the waves echoed her heart- constant and pure. The storm was her soul- wild and untamed... And when the tempest raged around...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Apr 2, 20222 min read
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