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Throwback Thursday: The Crone in the Cornfield, by Kristen VanBlargan
Listen, child, and I’ll give you the tale you want. Yes, there will be a fairy godmother. But a love story? My dear, I can’t promise you...

Fairy Tale Magazine
Apr 4, 20249 min read


Review by Kelly Jarvis: A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland
A Sweet Sting of Salt is a beautiful, sapphic retelling of selkie legends set along the coast of Nova Scotia in the mid-1830s. Jean, a...

Fairy Tale Magazine
Apr 3, 20242 min read


Cinderella’s Hearth: Julia Pacheco, A YouTuber Who Helps You Get Dinner on the Table
Now that Easter dinner is done and digested (thanks, Mississippi Pot Roast!) I’m turning my mind back to regular meals, and one of my...

Fairy Tale Magazine
Mar 31, 20242 min read


Throwback Thursday: Wind Spell, by Kristen Baum DeBeasi
Wind Spell —after Joy Harjo In the time before, it was never written down No pens. A long line of mouths. A wolfman hovers beyond the...

Fairy Tale Magazine
Mar 28, 20242 min read


Review by Kelly Jarvis: Draw Down the Moon by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Draw Down the Moon is the first book in a new duology about Academia de la Luna, a magickal school located on a secret Moon Isle. The...

Fairy Tale Magazine
Mar 27, 20242 min read


Glass and Feathers: At Last … This Book Has Come Along!
Well, I can't believe it, and I'm sure Lissa can't either, but it's here! Glass and Feathers, Lissa Sloan's brilliant continuation of...

Fairy Tale Magazine
Mar 26, 20241 min read


Tomorrow
Next week, CH will be back to normal, but for one last time, I'm plugging Glass and Feathers by Lissa Sloan in the Monday spot. This book...

Fairy Tale Magazine
Mar 25, 20242 min read


Throwback Thursday: Beware the Sly Mimics of Spring, by Maria DePaul
Mushrooms emerging From saturated ground Mist bearing shoots Scatter faintly Among tree roots Chirping echoes above As other nests Are...

Fairy Tale Magazine
Mar 21, 20241 min read


Review by Kelly Jarvis: New Moon Magic by Risa Dickens and Amy Torok
New Moon Magic: 13 Anti-Capitalist Tools for Resistance and Enchantment is a phenomenal book of magic and scholarship designed to help...

Fairy Tale Magazine
Mar 20, 20242 min read


This and That
Hello Enchanted Friends: Happy Spring tomorrow! Today I'm preempting "Cinderella's Hearth" (yes, again) to share bits of new with you....

Fairy Tale Magazine
Mar 17, 20242 min read
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