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

Graceless Heart is a stunning historical fantasy which swept me away to Renaissance Italy. Ravenna Maffei, the daughter of innkeepers, is a gifted sculptor who can shape beauty from stone, but when she enters a sculpting competition to save her brother’s life, she reveals a hidden secret that risks putting her and her entire family in danger. Ravenna possesses magical abilities which the immortal dei Luni family need in order to survive the Pope’s war against magic, and she

Alix E. Harrow, author of the Ten Thousand Doors of January and A Spindle Splintered , returns with an Arthurian-style time travel novel sure to delight her fans. The Everlasting tells the story of Sir Una Everlasting, an orphan turned knight turned legend, and Owen Mallory, a scholarly historian obsessed with her story. Owen believes Una has saved his life on multiple occasions. Her story provided him with solace to his loneliness as a child and inspired him to join his co

We are elated to present Wildwood, our tree spirit issue! The issue is designed to move you subtly through the seasons with each story and poem. We also have non-fiction works discussing Green Man/Woman, an exploration of the Yaksha, and an interview with our cover's artist. Cover Art: Leonard Greco, detail from Adolescence of the Green Knight Scroll down for a list of featured authors and first lines for each piece in Wildwood, our Spring/Summer 2026 Issue. Click on the P

If you are looking for a collection of fairy tale themed short stories steeped in whimsy and magic, look no further than R. Max Gibson’s My Lady Witch and Other Wondrous Tales . In this collection of twenty tales readers will discover kings and queens, giants and trolls, castles overgrown by forests, and monster men who hunt for naughty children in the night and can only be distracted by gold. There are archery tournaments for the hand of a princess, pirates who earn a mermai

The Maiden and the Marrow Witch is a compelling novelette about murder and mystery in a magical, mythical world. Dedicated to the people of ancient Crete and the archeologists uncovering its beauty, the story launches directly into action with a proclamation that “The bull is dead.” This fact is unsettling to the Pasithea who rules over the kingdom. When the caretaker fails to learn how the bull has been killed and offers his own life for the ritual sacrifice to the maiden,

An extraordinary retelling of the old “animal bridegroom” tales that inform stories like East of the Sun, West of the Moon and Beauty and the Beast , Kathryn Trattner’s The Glass Palace beautifully blends love, romance, adventure, magic, and comedy. Astrid has been betrothed to a stranger for as long as she can remember, and when her father, the last member of her family, passes away, she must travel to the cold, dark regions of the north to meet her fiancé Tyhr, a brooding