The Brothers Grimm didn’t water down their fairy tales when they wrote them; modern society has done that. In their original form, they are full of violence, blood, and gore. Times were different when the Brothers Grimm wrote their fairy tales, and yes, they were intended to be read to children. But Once Upon a Fairy…
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Book Reviews, Fairy Tales / Folk Tales, Fiction Writing, Saint Patrick's Day & Other March Articles
Favorite Irish Folk Tales – a Review
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• •Seumas MacManus retells fifteen marvelous Irish folk tales that are full of adventure. The similarities between many of these folk tales and a lot of the fairy tales I was already familiar with astounded me. These tales have not been watered down any, so some of them are violent and bloody. A lot of these tales…
Children's Books, Fairy Tales / Folk Tales, Fiction Writing, Guest Posts
How Fairy Tales Connect with People – Guest Post by Craig Staufenberg
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• •The great thing about fairy tales? Anyone can connect with them. They’re highly accessible. The only price of admission is being human. There’s a reason we give fairy tales to children. It’s about all they can connect with. They haven’t yet been told how to “get” Sartre, or Barthes, or any other tricky-to-pronounce French author.…
Book Reviews, Fantasy, Fiction Writing, Short Stories/Novellas
Never Ever After – a Review
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• •Do you remember being read fairy tales when you were a child? The monsters were always defeated, the beautiful lady was always rescued by Prince Charming, and everyone lived happily ever after. Or did they? What happened after the end of the stories that we read? Did everyone really live happily ever after? In Never Ever…