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The Fairy Tale Magazine
Aug 23, 20236 min read
Throwback Thursday: Madame Chlorisse & Associates by Penny Jo McAllister
Once upon a time there was an ambitious young enchantress named Daisy Bigelow who was just finishing her internship at the enchantment...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Aug 16, 20234 min read
Throwback Thursday: The Innocent Princess by Miriam Kresh
Editor’s note: What a charming story. Miriam took a truly famous fairy tale and gave it fun and unexpected twist! We love it when someone...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Aug 15, 20232 min read
Book Review: Not That Kind of Ever After by Luci Adams
Not That Kind of Ever After is a romance about the world of online dating. The protagonist, Bella Marbie, dreams of being a writer and...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Aug 9, 20234 min read
Throwback Thursday: The Fairy Godmother by Judy Lunsford
Editor’s note: What fun this story is! You’ll see so many favorites alluded to in this delightful tale, which is filled with charming...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Aug 9, 20232 min read
Review by Lissa Sloan: Into the Moon Garden
Make a wish. The moon’s words haunt Rashmi, even nineteen years after she missed the crucial opportunity to change her fate. She can...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Aug 3, 20235 min read
TBT: 'All the Better to See You With’ Teaching Little Red Riding Hood in College by Kelly Jarvis
Editor’s note: We are fortunate to have Kelly Jarvis as our Special Projects Writer here at EC. She has enormous talent as a fiction...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Aug 1, 20232 min read
Book Review: The Kingdom is a Golden Cage by Lilly Inkwood
Lilly Inkwood’s new novel, The Kingdom is a Golden Cage, is the first book in a fantasy series about the Red, Blue, and Green Kingdoms...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Jul 26, 20231 min read
Throwback Thursday: Persephone Refracted by Gail Kathleen Jardine
Editor’s note: FTM loves anything Persephone-related. The story of mother-daughter separation and reunion, the involvement of the...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Jul 25, 20232 min read
Review by Lissa Sloan: The Real History of Dracula
So you likely know that vampires haven’t always been sparkly in the sun. But did you know when their vulnerability to daylight first...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Jul 18, 20232 min read
Book Review: The Briars by Stephanie Parent
Stephanie Parent, the poet behind Every Poem a Potion, Every Song a Spell, has created a fascinating narrative that blends mystery, ghost...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Jul 12, 20237 min read
Throwback Thursday: Night, the Hardest Time to Be Alive by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Editor's Note: Love in its many forms can uplift or curse those that find themselves under its spell. It is a theme that resonates in...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Jul 11, 20232 min read
Book Review: Charming by Jade Linwood
I was excited to read this novel which promised a twist of fairy tales centered around the Prince Charming character, but while the book...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Jul 6, 20238 min read
CLASSIC Tales from Russia: The Wise Princess
Story and illustration from The Blue Rose Fairy Book by Maurice Baring, 1911 Once upon a time in a certain kingdom there lived a King and...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Jul 4, 20232 min read
Book Review: House of Roots and Ruin by Erin A. Craig
In House of Roots and Ruin, Erin A. Craig returns readers to the lives of the Thaumas sisters from House of Salt and Sorrow. Verity, the...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Jun 28, 20234 min read
Throwback Thursday: A Hedge of Rampion by Kiyomi Appleton Gaines
Editor's Note: Rarely understood are those that follow their own path. Perspective is everything in a tale, and Kiyomi Appleton Gaines'...
Fairy Tale Magazine
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Book Review: All Kinds of Fur by Margaret Yocom
It’s no wonder there is no Disney version of “All Kinds of Fur”; it’s one of the Grimms’ grimmer tales. While All Kinds of Fur...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Jun 24, 20237 min read
CLASSIC Tales from Japan: Uraschimataro and the Turtle
Editor's Note: To celebrate FTM's Song of the Sea June Issue (available HERE), we've got a classic sea-themed tale from Japan of a kind...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Jun 20, 20235 min read
Celebrating Summer! Quotes, Art & Folklore by Amanda Bergloff
WELCOME SUMMER! Summer is here, and to inspire you, we've collected some of our favorite things about this magical season...so please...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Jun 14, 20234 min read
Throwback Thursday: Magicians for Good and Ill by Judd Baroff
Editor’s note: The structure of this story is pretty traditional, but with some surprising little details. A very satisfying read, so...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Jun 13, 20231 min read
Book Review: The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman
If Alice Hoffman isn’t my favorite writer, she’s pretty close. I’ve read all of her novels—many more than once, and today, I have a short...
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