by Fairy Tale Review | Jan 8, 2016 | Fairy-Tale Books
Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors. In the Modoc people’s story “When Grizzlies Walked Upright,” the Chief of the Sky Spirits descends to our world through a hole he...
by Fairy Tale Review | Jan 5, 2016 | Pins & Needles
No. 40: Christian Rees Q. No one teaches writers how to utilize white space in poetry, and everyone has their own techniques. What advice can you give to our readers on the matter? Keep in mind William Matthews: “There’s nothing to an onion / but skin.” Poetry isn’t...
by Fairy Tale Review | Dec 31, 2015 | Fairy-Tale Books
Following The Ochre Issue for 2016, we will publish The Translucent Issue in 2017. Submissions open January 1, 2016, at midnight EST—visit Submittable for more information. As with The Mauve Issue and The Ochre Issue, this issue is unthemed, although we are interested...
by Fairy Tale Review | Dec 29, 2015 | Pins & Needles
No. 39: Kirsten Holt Q. Selkies are a form of shapeshifter, a popular trope in fairy tales, where a person puts on the skin of an animal and takes its form. If you could take the form of any creature just by wearing its skin, what would it be and why? Skydiving was...
by Fairy Tale Review | Dec 28, 2015 | Fairy-Tale Miscellany
The French documentarian Jean Painlevé (1902-1989) made over two hundred short films about natural and scientific phenomena in his lifetime. Many of his films were artful, socially provoking pieces that went far beyond the straightforward reporting of theories and...
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