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The practice of retelling fairy tales in the form of literary fiction is, if not quite hallowed, certainly established. The great Angela Carter’s revelatory 1979 story collection, “The Bloody Chamber” — a brocaded work of heady sensuality, intelligence and violence — remains the benchmark, but Kate Bernheimer’s Fairy Tale Review and the several excellent Bernheimer-edited anthologies spun off from it carry the standard forward. Those are just some of the more overt homages; Western literature owes as much to fairy tales as it does to Greek myth and the Bible.
-The New York Times
Pins & Needles No. 54: Caroline Cabrera
So the goats are essentially conceived as sacrificial animals.
This Enormous Incomprehensible Sea-Eel
The fish soon realize that human thought dances across the wire, and they seek to destroy it out of fear—humans and fish, after all, share a long history of nets and hooks.
Family: A Fairy Tale
The boy did not know when he ate the seeds that out from his belly button would grow a vine. He decided to show his mother who was busy with his winged sister.
Fairy Tale Review's Tenth-Anniversary Oz-Stravaganza
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. #28 Shelly...
Fairy Tale Review’s Tenth-Anniversary Oz-Stravaganza
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. #25 The...
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Fairy Tale Review's Tenth-Anniversary Oz-Stravaganza
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. #22 The...
Fairy Tale Review’s Tenth-Anniversary Oz-Stravaganza
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. #19 Glinda...
Fairy Tale Review's Tenth-Anniversary Oz-Stravaganza
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. #16 The...
Fairy Tale Review's Tenth-Anniversary Oz-Stravaganza
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. #13 Verona...
Fairy Tale Review’s Tenth-Anniversary Oz-Stravaganza
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. #10 The...
Fairy Tale Review’s Tenth-Anniversary Oz-Stravaganza
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. #7 Vogue A...
Fairy Tale Review's Tenth-Anniversary Oz-Stravaganza
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. #4 The...
Fairy Tale Review's Tenth-Anniversary Oz-Stravaganza
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. #1 John...
Fairy Tale Review’s Tenth Anniversary
In honor of our 10th anniversary, we’re excited to announce a new addition to the Fairy Tale Review website: Fairy-Tale Files. Each installment of...
