Fairy-Tale Files: The Library of Babel

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. Move aside, Al Gore—a Times article reports on the theory that many of Borges’ conceptual short stories presaged the internet,...

Fairy-Tale Files: Invisible Cities

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. Brazilian artist Rosana Ricalde creates maps of Rio de Janeiro and Paris using cut-out lines from the Italian and Portuguese...

Fairy-Tale Files: Dapplegrim

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. Lubber, once advertised as the World’s Largest Horse, stood 21 hands high (that’s 84 inches) and weighed 3,120 pounds, becoming...

Fairy-Tale Files: The Moon

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. What begins as a quest for the low-hanging moon’s precious milk escalates to an unrequited love affair in Italo Calvino’s “The...