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Review by Madeline Mertz: In the Shadow of the Fall by Tobi Ogundiran
In the Shadow of the Fall by Tobi Ogundiran is an absolute wild ride of a fantasy novel. Fans of Patrick Rothfuss and Brandon Sanderson...

Fairy Tale Magazine
May 15, 20241 min read


Cinderella’s Hearth: Happy Mother’s Day!
Cinderella’s Hearth usually runs on Mondays, but I thought I’d run it today, because as I was looking up vintage Mother’s Day cards, I...

Fairy Tale Magazine
May 12, 20241 min read


Flights of Fancy: FTM’s Spring/Summer 2024 Issue
Hello Enchanted Friends: Welcome to the Spring/Summer 2024, issue of The Fairy Tale Magazine, “Flights of Fancy.” If you are a recent...

Fairy Tale Magazine
May 1, 20242 min read


The Bean Seller's Song by Kelly Jarvis
He had only a cow, milky and white, and my own hungry look in his youthful eyes. The beans screamed in my pocket, singing their lies. I...

Fairy Tale Magazine
May 1, 20242 min read


Willow's Balm by Kim Malinowski
Oh, love, you are whispering willow, me beneath branches, breathing in oak, moss, watching lichen grow. Drift me away into far mountains,...

Fairy Tale Magazine
May 1, 20241 min read


Things Gretel Knows by Lissa Sloan
Gretel knows about stones Stones may lead you safe home But they cannot make home safe You cannot squeeze blood from stones They have...

Fairy Tale Magazine
May 1, 20242 min read


The Weavers Speak by Deborah Sage
When she asked for the dresses, the king’s Order came to us, the maidens of The kingdom. Commanded on pain of death, To weave dresses as...

Fairy Tale Magazine
May 1, 20241 min read


Steps by Kristen Baum DeBeasi
Editor’s note: Some of you may be familiar with Kristen’s brilliant refrigerator magnet poetry. I’m a huge fan, and am excited that...

Fairy Tale Magazine
May 1, 20241 min read


The Shoppe on Brackenbury Lane by Grace Nuth
Titania's missing hair comb sits in the dusty corner of a rummage shop in Least Pickings, nestled between a tarnished silver vanity brush...

Fairy Tale Magazine
May 1, 20245 min read


The Witch's Table by Amy Trent
The old woman, Nonna, made a habit of inspecting her garden daily. Yes, she hired laborers to do this sort of thing, but the subtleties...

Fairy Tale Magazine
May 1, 20247 min read
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