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The practice of retelling fairy tales in the form of literary fiction is, if not quite hallowed, certainly established. The great Angela Carter’s revelatory 1979 story collection, “The Bloody Chamber” — a brocaded work of heady sensuality, intelligence and violence — remains the benchmark, but Kate Bernheimer’s Fairy Tale Review and the several excellent Bernheimer-edited anthologies spun off from it carry the standard forward. Those are just some of the more overt homages; Western literature owes as much to fairy tales as it does to Greek myth and the Bible. 

 

-The New York Times

Homecoming

Prose, Web Exclusives | by Molly Fessler | Oct 10, 2018

We were always trying to get her attention. ‘Your mother is busy,’ said our father. ‘She is an important woman.’

Three Enter the Dark Wood

From the Archives, Poetry | by Lesley Jenike | Oct 3, 2018

It’s the one about the bears and their blonde:
In their many beds I left many cells,
called my multiple personalities down

‘D’ & ‘G’

Poetry, Web Exclusives | by Claire Wahmanholm | Sep 26, 2018

D is for dragon and damsel, diamond and diadem. For deciduous woods, their dropping leaves.

Fairy-Tale Files: Woebegotten Walls

Fairy-Tale Files | Aug 12, 2016

In Oscar Wilde’s 1888 tale “The Selfish Giant,” a giant returns to his castle to find children playing in his garden. Angry, he declares, "‘My own...

Special Report: Lean In or Fall Down

Fairy-Tale Miscellany | Aug 5, 2016

The “The Red Shoes,” written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1845, is a story of sin and redemption, as are many of Andersen’s stories. His female...

Fairy-Tale Files: Hybridity

Fairy-Tale Files | Jul 29, 2016

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors, readers, editorial...

Fairy-Tale Files: Bizarre Homes & Gardens

Fairy-Tale Files | Jul 22, 2016

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors, readers, editorial...

Fairy-Tale Files: Invocating What You Ask For

Fairy-Tale Files | Jul 15, 2016

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors, readers, editorial...

Brother and Sister

Prose | by Elise Winn | Jul 14, 2016

My poor brother: he was born a rat, a snake, a wolf, a roach.

Special Report: Above the World

Fairy-Tale Files | Jul 8, 2016

In the Grimms’ retelling of Rapunzel, the famous tower that holds her away from the world has a number of features that make its construction seem...

Special Report: The “Dies Irae,” Centuries On

Fairy-Tale Files | Jul 1, 2016

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors, readers, editorial...

Fairy-Tale Files: The Hirsute Shall Inherit

Fairy-Tale Files | Jun 24, 2016

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors, readers, editorial...

Fairy-Tale Files: Genus Mattress, Order Rip

Fairy-Tale Files | Jun 17, 2016

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors, readers, editorial...

Fairy-Tale Files: The UFO Southwest

Fairy-Tale Files | Jun 10, 2016

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors, readers, editorial...

Fairy-Tale Files: Mermaid Millennium

Fairy-Tale Files | Jun 3, 2016

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors, readers, editorial...

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