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Amanda Bergloff
Dec 21, 20234 min read
Celebrating Winter: Quotes, Art & Folklore by Amanda Bergloff
WINTER IS HERE and The Fairy Tale Magazine is celebrating with some quotes, art, and folklore! Winter is the time of year when we're...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Dec 20, 20232 min read
Review by Lissa Sloan: Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen
Captain Hook is cursed. Banished to the dreaming place of the world’s children over 200 years before, he is doomed to play the villain to...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Dec 14, 20235 min read
Throwback Thursday: The Forest in Winter by Carol Scheina
The house appeared in the middle of the forest one mid-winter night. Sleepily sensing a strangeness, the spirit of the forest brushed the...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Dec 13, 20232 min read
Review by Kelly Jarvis: The Witches of Bone Hill by Ava Morgyn
The protagonist of The Witches of Bone Hill, Cordelia Bone, is suffering from a string of bad luck when this novel opens. She has been...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Dec 7, 20236 min read
Throwback Thursday: Painter's Colors by Rose Strickman
Have you ever wondered where the colors of the world come from? Who makes grass so green, the sky so blue? Who paints the subtle, bold...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Dec 6, 20231 min read
Review by Lissa Sloan: Wolf Skin by Mary McMyne
It begins with butterflies, colorful and delicate. Some flutter alive and free, while others are trapped in the killing jar and skewered...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Dec 4, 20233 min read
Cinderella's Hearth
Weekly Tips for an Enchanted Lifestyle! THIS WEEK - Magical Fruitcake How do you like your fruitcake? I like mine with a lump of crumbly...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 30, 20234 min read
Throwback Thursday: Wolf at the Door by D. Avery
Once there was a girl who lived in a humble home with her father and her stepmother, a pair weathered gray no matter the season. The...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 29, 20232 min read
Review by Madeline Mertz: The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed
Award winning author Premee Mohamed strikes again in The Butcher of the Forest, a new thrilling tale of magic, monsters, and survival....
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 22, 20232 min read
Review by Kelly Jarvis: A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
A Study in Drowning is a novel that explores several dark themes. Effy Sayre is a young woman who has suffered trauma in her life. She is...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 16, 20234 min read
Throwback Thursday: How the Cunning Folk Got Their Magic by Daniel Allen
Editor’s note: This charming Throwback Thursday fable surprised and delighted us. IWe think you’ll find it as enjoyable as we did. Read...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 15, 20232 min read
Review by Lissa Sloan: The Bleeding Tree by Hollie Starling
The COVID-19 Pandemic marked a period of loss for so many. But while losses directly attributed to COVID made up a huge part of this,...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 9, 20232 min read
Throwback Thursday: The Heart Baker by Fanni Suto
Editor’s note: In today's Throwback Thursday tale, author Fanni Suto conjures up heartache and magic in very few words. Enjoy this little...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 8, 20232 min read
Review by Kelly Jarvis: The Land of Lost Things by John Connolly
In The Land of Lost Things, John Connolly returns to the redemptive power of words and stories that he explored in his earlier novel The...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 1, 20232 min read
Throwback Thursday: A Half Century of Beauty by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Editor's Note: "Children of the heart" can come in many forms, and women are not the only ones who have the knowledge of charms and...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Oct 31, 20232 min read
Review by Kelly Jarvis: The Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie
The Forest Grimm begins with an evocative phrase: “Tell me again, Grandmere, the story of how I die.” Kathryn Purdie’s prologue opens...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Oct 26, 20235 min read
Celebrating Halloween: Traditions, Art, Folklore & More! by Amanda Bergloff
We here at The Fairy Tale Magazine love Halloween, so today, we're celebrating it with some trivia, folklore, poetry, recipes, and art to...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Oct 25, 20231 min read
Throwback Thursday: A Wishing Spell by Kelly Jarvis
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...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Oct 24, 20231 min read
Review by Lissa Sloan: The Snow Girl by Sophie Anderson
Twelve-year-old Tasha is relieved to leave her friends and move north with her parents to her ailing grandfather’s farm. She is not the...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Oct 18, 20233 min read
Throwback Thursday: The Girl Who Painted Death by Amy Bennett-Zendzian
Once upon a time a farmer’s wife stood looking out of her window. “If only I had a daughter with hair the color of our wheatfield,” she...
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