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Throwback Thursday: A Half Century of Beauty by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Editor's Note: "Children of the heart" can come in many forms, and women are not the only ones who have the knowledge of charms and...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Nov 1, 20232 min read


Review by Kelly Jarvis: The Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie
The Forest Grimm begins with an evocative phrase: “Tell me again, Grandmere, the story of how I die.” Kathryn Purdie’s prologue opens...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Oct 31, 20232 min read


Celebrating Halloween: Traditions, Art, Folklore & More! by Amanda Bergloff
We here at The Fairy Tale Magazine love Halloween, so today, we're celebrating it with some trivia, folklore, poetry, recipes, and art to...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Oct 26, 20235 min read


Throwback Thursday: A Wishing Spell by Kelly Jarvis
Timing: The moon need not be waxing. It need not be the second Sunday of Spring, Or quarter-past midnight on the Dark Sabbat, But the...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Oct 25, 20231 min read


Review by Lissa Sloan: The Snow Girl by Sophie Anderson
Twelve-year-old Tasha is relieved to leave her friends and move north with her parents to her ailing grandfather’s farm. She is not the...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Oct 24, 20231 min read


The Goblin Fruit of Curiosity Shoppe Season by G. Thornton
Welcome to the season of the liminal, and the opening of Curiosity Shoppes everywhere! It's October, the month of “O” and "oh" and...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Oct 20, 20234 min read


Throwback Thursday: The Girl Who Painted Death by Amy Bennett-Zendzian
Once upon a time a farmer’s wife stood looking out of her window. “If only I had a daughter with hair the color of our wheatfield,” she...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Oct 18, 20233 min read


Review by Madeline Mertz: The Ashes & The Star Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent
Following the first book in the Crowns of Nyaxia series, The Ashes and the Star Cursed King has arrived. In this new tale Oraya must...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Oct 18, 20232 min read


Throwback Thursday: Grandmother Brua, The Sisters & The Wind by Mike Neis
Editor’s note: We're a sucker for a grandmother story. And what a grandmother! And what daughters! Such powers they have! This story hits...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Oct 11, 20238 min read


Review by Lissa Sloan: Buffy's House of Mirrors by Kim Malinowski
When Buffy the Vampire Slayer made her debut in the 90s, first in film and later on TV, she was a bit of a revelation: a pretty, petite...
The Fairy Tale Magazine
Oct 10, 20232 min read
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