by Fairy Tale Review | Feb 20, 2015 | Fairy-Tale Books
Polymer is the New MorphBody transformation figures prominently in such fairy tales as “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Juniper Tree.” New medical technologies may not change boys into birds or the monster-laden into attractive spouses, but they can radically transform...
by Fairy Tale Review | Feb 17, 2015 | Pins & Needles
No. 24: Carrie MessengerQ. “I couldn’t remember before the Dust, but my sister could. She had two years on me. She was four when the Dust came.” Do you see anything in our lives functioning like Dust in this story, changing the world so deeply that it’s...
by Fairy Tale Review | Feb 13, 2015 | Fairy-Tale Files
ThumbelinaPeople come in all shapes and sizes in the world of fairy tales and real life. The main character of this Hans Christian Andersen story is named after her size: Tiny. No greater than the height of a thumb, Tiny struggles as moles and frogs try to make her...
by Fairy Tale Review | Feb 10, 2015 | Pins & Needles
No. 23: Grace BauerQ. The craft aficionado in me adores your poem’s stanza construction, particularly the transition between stanzas two and three. What, in your opinion, makes the perfect stanza?Thanks for the kind words about “The Rhetoric of Oz” and its structure....
by Fairy Tale Review | Feb 6, 2015 | Fairy-Tale Files
Hop o’ My ThumbA Hansel and Gretelesque tale, the witch is replaced by an ogre who possesses a strong body, great height and cannibalistic streak. Published by Charles Perrault in 1697, these characteristics laid the template for ogres to come. Of note, Hop’s...
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