Fairy Tale Review Archive
Once upon a time …
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
The Lemon Tree
A farmer was wandering through his orchard at harvest time, when he saw an apple hanging from one of his lemon trees.
‘A Mouth And Its Name’ & ‘The Hour After Stars’
You told me north water
was not built by virga
but from suicide of the moon.
‘Baby Bird’ & ‘The Barren Wife Gives Birth to a Girl’
I will do the nursing. The suckling and swallowing. He will do the singing.
Pins & Needles No. 30: Mai Der Vang
No. 30: Mai Der Vang Q. In addition to “the brass orbit of a dirge” (wow), “A Mouth And Its Name” addresses erasure and anonymity. Is one state...
Fairy-Tale Files: Hansel and Gretel
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors, interns, or past...
Pins & Needles No. 29: Wyatt Bonikowski
No. 29: Wyatt Bonikowski Q. Your piece deals with dementia and the natural process of aging. Do you see the former—or the latter, for that matter—as...
Our Mauve Issue Pushcart Prize Nominations
The editorial staff behind Fairy Tale Review is pleased to announce our nominations for the 2016 Pushcart Prize. All of these works can be found in...
Fairy-Tale Files: Rolling Heads
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors, interns, or past...
Pins & Needles No. 28: Emma Bolden
No. 28: Emma Bolden Q. There’s something quite elegant about the way your poem alternates between tercets and couplets. How did you arrive at this...
Fairy-Tale Files: The Princess Stands Alone
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors (or contributors!)....
The Winners of the 2015 Fairy Tale Review Awards in Poetry and Prose
The editors of Fairy Tale Review is pleased to announce the winners and finalists of our second annual contests in both prose and poetry. Each...
Fairy-Tale Files: Briar Rose(s)
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors. “Briar Rose” by The...
Fairy-Tale Files: Journeys with Odin & Jack
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors. Like a Shaman...
Fairy-Tale Files: The Deer in the Dream
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors. In this Chinese...
Fairy-Tale Files: Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors. Also known as “The...
