Tale of Tales [based on the book] by Giambattista Basile dir. by Matteo Garrone
IMDB description: From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, …
Bryony & Roses by T. Kingfisher
A retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale. Bryony is out collecting rutabaga1 seedlings2 when she gets caught in a …
Maplecroft by Cherie Priest
Recommended by Kameron Hurley here and by this metafilter thread. Also part of my Once Upon a Time 9 reading, this, to …
The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher
Rhea is a miller’s daughter. She is fifteen. And she is engaged. Her betrothed is a lord, and she had never met …
The five jars by M. R. James
Available free from Gutenberg This novel takes the form of a letter from our nameless narrator to Jane, he wants to explain …
Some kind of fairy tale by Graham Joyce
Twenty years ago Tara Martin went missing. She simply went out one day and never came home. Her boyfriend at the time …
Thorn by Intisar Khanani
A retelling of The Goose Girl story. Princess Alyrra has not has a happy life. Growing up in fear of her brother …
Weaving Dreams by Mary Robinette Kowal
Short story published in Apex Magazine Issue 41 Eva is a witch, and a researcher into the Fae. As Weaving dreams begins …
Grimm’s Household Tales by The Brothers Gimm
The first assignment for the Fantasy & Science Fiction course I’m doing was on The Grimm Brothers’ Household Tales. For the assignment …
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Mabel and Jack have left home and family behind and travelled to Alaska, to the edge of the world, trying to turn …
Donegal fairy stories by Seumas MacManus
I do enjoy fairy stories, of all shapes and sorts. When I was younger I read plenty of the children’s versions of …
You probably know the Perrault version. And chances are, you haven’t been able to escape the Disney yt version. Maybe you know the slightly-darker Grimm version, or even the original story of Yeh-Shen. Maybe you’re a … → 28 October 2011