Michelle Grierson takes the legend of the selkie bride to new heights in her stunning novel Becoming Leidah . This story, set in 19 th century Norway, will grip your heart as you follow the tale of a fisherman who finds a selkie woman along the shore, marries her, and raises a child with blue webbed hands and feet. Pieter and Maeva do everything they can to hide the child’s peculiarities from the suspicious townsfolk, but as Leidah grows and begins to tap into her shapeshift

August Macke, SCHREIBENDE FRAU (WOMAN WRITING) 1910 We are pleased to announce the winners of our our prose & poetry contest. Our theme was Sirens! We received entries from many cultures and the entries were varied, imaginative, and high caliber. Our judges were Lynden Wade for Prose and Lissa Sloan for Poetry. In poetry, the winners are: Winner in Poetry Hannah Bessinger “The Beauty of It All Lies Mostly in the Wanting” Runners Up in Poetry Sandra Kasturi “Salt Stories II”

When Lindz McLeod takes readers into the world of Jane Austen four years after the conclusion of Pride and Prejudice, they will never think of Regency England in the same way again! The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet follows the budding relationship between the quiet, forgotten Bennet sister and the practical Charlotte Lucas, Lizzie Bennet’s best friend. The novel opens with the death of Charlotte’s husband Mr. Collins, and while she isn’t heartbroken by his death, she fin

Dearest Beast is the latest regency fairy tale romance in Felicia Grossman’s Once Upon the East End series, following her Cinderella and Snow-White retellings (Marry Me by Midnight and Wake Me Most Wickedly). It brings all the passion and swoon loyal readers have come to expect. When Roger Berab, a widower with two children, is forced to offer shelter to a midwife named Rebecca Adler after his daughter inadvertently damages her home and laboratory, it seems a mild inconvenien

New York Times best-selling author Alice Hoffman returns to The Once Upon a Time Bookshop series with a third installment, The Bookstore Keepers , which follows the lives of two formerly estranged sisters, Isabel and Sophie. Readers first meet the pair as they reunite to save their parents’ struggling bookstore in The Bookstore Sisters , and witness their growing romances with new husbands in The Bookstore Wedding . Now, readers get to watch as the sisters navigate important

Katherine Arden, the esteemed author of The Winternight Trilogy and The Warm Hands of Ghosts , returns with The Unicorn Hunters , a breathtaking historical fantasy that will delight those looking for magic. Loosely based on the harrowing life of Anne of Brittany, this novel, set on the cusp between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, brilliantly blends real-world political intrigue with fairy enchantment. The Anne of Arden’s novel, who inherited the Duchy of Brittany when h

Water Wishes: Bound by Tides is the perfect summer read for young adults and all who enjoy mermaid folklore! This novel tells the story of Bay, a teenage girl called by the ocean though her father forbids her from visiting the coast because her mother drowned at sea. When Bay discovers that her mother is not dead but is a mermaid and the Queen of the Pacific, she escapes her father’s care and tries to uncover the truth of her own past. The adventure takes her to coastal towns

What the Sea Knows , by J. K. Divia, is a beautiful exploration of Selkie legends filtered through a contemporary plot and perspective. When Holly Walsh, a thirty-six year old woman reeling from a breakup with her fiancé, realizes she has spent her early years feeling lost and disconnected from herself, she moves to Ireland hoping for a fresh start. She purchases a home and potential business on one of the smallest Aran Islands off the coast of Galway, but from the moment she

Green Man by Brian Froud Spring is season of rebirth and new growth, and here at The Fairy Tale Magazine we are celebrating spring in style! In addition to our luscious Spring/Summer issue Wildwood, a gorgeously illustrated collection of poetry, essays, and fiction featuring cover art by Leonard Greco, we have compiled a roundup of spring folklore, art, and quotations along with a Green Man, Green Woman, and Tree Spirit reading list. And, as a special spring surprise, our Edi