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It’s hard not to be familiar with the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale, even if the version most people are familiar with is the Disney movie. Man finds abandoned castle, steals a rose to bring back for the sake … Continue reading
Category Archives: Fairy Tales, Folklore & Myth
I’ve always had a soft spot for the works of Mercedes Lackey. I discovered her soon after her first book, Arrows of the Queen, first in her long-running Heralds of Valdemar series, came out, and I stuck with her as … Continue reading
Once upon a time, as the story goes, there was a princess. As an infant, she was blessed by some of the mightiest fairies in all the land, save one. That one, the most powerful and malevolent of creatures, resentful … Continue reading
A Shakespeare Sketchbook, by Renwick St. James and James C. Christensen (Greenwich Workshop Press, 2001) Shakespeare on Fairies and Magic, by Benjamin Darling (Prentice Hall Press, 2001) There’s no doubt that Shakespeare, whether he was a playwright from Avon-on-Stratford, Sir … Continue reading
Charleston Ghosts, by Margaret Rhett Martin (University of South Carolina Press, 1963) Ghosts of the Carolinas, by Nancy Roberts (University of South Carolina Press, 1962) The Haunted South, by Nancy Roberts (University of South Carolina Press, 1988) North Carolina Ghosts … Continue reading
The Field Guide To North American Hauntings, by W. Haden Blackman (Three Rivers Press, 1998) The Cold, Cold Hand, edited by James Burchill, Linda Crider and Peggy Kendrick (Rutledge Hill Press, 1997) The Encyclopedia of Ghosts, by Daniel Cohen (Avon, … Continue reading
A Time for Trolls: Fairy Tales from Norway, edited by Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen E. Moe (Tokens of Norway, 1962) Old Wives’ Fairy Tale Book, edited by Angela Carter (Pantheon Books, 1990) Fairy Tales: Traditional Tales Retold For Gay … Continue reading
“Vera looks at the shapeshifter, realizing he is not using a metaphor. Suddenly, she feels very shy. Remembering the changes through which he has lived, the ancient working alongside her seems far more alien than the fish that dart and … Continue reading
“Anything he has studied he can shape. Long ago he committed a vast number of creatures and their variations to memory. Some of the animals he can shape are extinct, but he has made no effort to restore them. To … Continue reading
Once upon a time, there was a prince/princess/tailor/three sons/twelve lazy servants/a frog/a horse/a frog, a horse, and a prince/an old man. They fell on hard times/their father died/they were driven out of the house/they decided to seek their fortune/they decided … Continue reading