My friend Jessica Wilson has published a delightful fairy tale in the latest issue of New Fairy Tales, a British online magazine. Her story is here, illustrated and everything. Go read!
New Fairy Tales
November 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Tender Morsels, by Margo Lanagan
October 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment
I’m not even going to try to summarize this one, except to say: interweaving of Snow White & Rose Red, Rumpelstiltskin, and probably some other tales into a lyrical novel with the most sexual creepiness I have had the misfortune to encounter in awhile. This is an excellent example of a book marketed to [...]
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Beauty, Robin McKinley
May 6th, 2009 · No Comments
How did I escape my nerdy fantasy-loving adolescence without ever reading this book? I’m not sure, but I intend to correct the oversight in my Twilight-loving students. Beauty has all the creature-of-the-night broody romance of Edward and Bella, with a little more self-actualization.
You know the story: Beauty’s dad gets lost in the woods [...]
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