by Fairy Tale Review | Mar 15, 2016 | Pins & Needles
No. 50: Caleb Washburn Q. I’ll admit, I looked up the definition of “genioglossus,” but it got me thinking about the power in a name. How does this power function in fairy tales? I’ve forgotten what “genioglossus” means, myself. I don’t know how naming functions for...
by Fairy Tale Review | Mar 11, 2016 | Fairy-Tale Files
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors. As recorded by the Brothers Grimm, The Singing Bone is the story of a boy murdered by his brother, and the shepherd who finds one of the...
by Fairy Tale Review | Mar 8, 2016 | Pins & Needles
No. 49: Kellie Wells Q. “The Arse End of the World” combines the idea of an origin story, bildungsroman, and magical realism all into one unique universe, filled with and molded by paradoxes. How did you keep everything straight? I’m not sure that I did keep...
by Fairy Tale Review | Mar 4, 2016 | Fairy-Tale Books
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors (or, in this case, contributors!). In Kihachiro Kawamoto’s animated short A Poet’s Life (1974)—based on a short story by Kobo Abe—a factory...
by Fairy Tale Review | Mar 1, 2016 | Pins & Needles
No. 48: Mary Lavallee Q. The characters in “Victor Vale” are rather well-traveled—Prague, Paris, a beach, a forest. Are there any fairy-tale-esque places you’d like to visit? Absolutely! While much of Victor Vale takes place in Europe – or an...
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