Tales and Poems

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Throwback Thursday: The History of Our Survival, By Kiyomi Appleton Gaines

Editor’s Note: This is a dark and powerful story for a hot summer’s day or a cold winter’s night. It was first published in 2019 . This...

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Review by Kelly Jarvis: The Bookstore Wedding by Alice Hoffman

The Bookstore Wedding is the second short story in Alice Hoffman’s The Once Upon a Time Bookshop series (following The Bookstore...

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Cinderella’s Hearth: The Aquarius Moon Tonight, by Kate Wolford

What I know about astrology could fit into Thumbelina’s thimble. It’s not for lack of interest, but when you don’t know the exact time...

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Throwback Thursday: How Beautiful She Is, by Mary Meriam

She climbs the flights of palace stairs Her gold and silver gown a charm Whispering gone all troubles and cares Worries and woes that...

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Review by Lissa Sloan: Flemish Folktales by Signe Maene

Did you know that in Flanders, the Devil drives a black coach drawn by four fine black horses? Or that magpies, hares, or cats may be...

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Cinderella’s Hearth: A Bit of British Reading

Editor’s Note: August is a great month for reading. You can feel the tiniest breath of cozy coolness sneaking into the early morning, and...

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Throwback Thursday: The Miller’s Daughter and the Gnome, by Lisa Kovac

I’m supposed to spin straw into gold. Suggestions are welcome… There was once a young woman whose father, the local miller,erroneously...

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Review by Kelly Jarvis: Strange Folk by Ally Dyer

Strange Folk begins when a woman named Opaline, who left her home in Craw Valley at the age of eighteen, returns to Appalachia after a...

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Cinderella’s Hearth: Who Doesn’t Like Lemon Rice?

Editor’s note: This week’s CH was originally published in 2022 in a small weekly newspaper in Indiana. I like the recipe, so I figured...

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Chosen Authors for the Fall/Winter 2024 Issue

Below are the chosen authors for the Fall/Winter 2024 issue. We are proud of the selections and think these works will make up a...