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Found 7 works tagged 'fairy tales'.
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The Raven Bride
Published Oct 27, 2020 · 5,006 words (19 minutes) · 273 views
I love fairy tales and love creating new ones! This one was published in Scribal Tales magazine in 2006
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The Less than Perfect Legend of Donna Creosote - Chapter One
Published Oct 18, 2020 · 1,244 words (5 minutes) · 449 views
Fantasy Literary Fiction fairy tales Books Yorkshire Introvert
The opening chapter of my debut novel, THE LESS THAN PERFECT LEGEND OF DONNA CREOSOTE, published by Bluemoose Books. (http://bluemoosebooks.com/books/less-than-perfect-legend-of-donna-creosote)
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Huntsman
Published Sep 25, 2020 · 4,980 words (19 minutes) · 258 views
A retelling of "The Twelve Huntsmen," originally collected by the Brothers Grimm, about a princess, the prince that abandoned her, the girls who now wear her face, and a clockwork lion.
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Fairy-Tale Ending
Published Dec 13, 2019 · 883 words (4 minutes) · 4 likes · 781 views
Fantasy Science Fiction science fantasy fairy tales
Long ago, Immer's grandparents catapulted her to the moon to hunt. As her hair grows longer, she finds many curious objects from Earth, including a knight with a head full of fairy-tale endings.
Beth Goder is an archivist whose work has appeared in Escape Pod, Mothership Zeta, Flash Fiction Online, and many other fine venues.
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The Unicorn
Published Jun 8, 2019 · 887 words (4 minutes) · 1 like · 797 views
Fantasy fairy tales magic unicorns
A girl and a unicorn.
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Big Bad
Published May 2, 2019 · 975 words (4 minutes) · 8 likes · 1176 views
The howls of wolves echo in the dark night. You wake up in your car filled with blood and glass, a shotgun at the ready. But who are you, and why are you here? Author Maria Haskins is a Swedish-Canadian writer and translator, and her work has appeared in Shimmer, Flash Fiction Online, and many other fine venues.
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The Mighty Harp
Published Aug 8, 2018 · 4,845 words (18 minutes) · 976 views
Romance Fantasy Historical happily ever after medieval fairy tales trolls Orpheus
Based on a Danish ballad that is part of the Orpheus family of tales, this is one of my favourites of the many ballads I read while working on the stories for the original collection.
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