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
Twisted Fairy Tale by *Shira-chan on deviantART. → 24 October 2011
Sagas of Icelanders
So myself and himself have gotten in the habit of bedtime stories. We started off with some fairy tales. First those classic …
The hidden chamber (Fragile Things week 2) by Neil Gaiman
I’m, as usual, playing catch. Never got around to posting on the stories I read for week 2, so hopefully I’ll get …