Fairy-Tale Files: Inkarri

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. In honor of a different sort of Independence Day, check out Eduardo Galeano’s retelling of the Inkarri myth in Genesis, Volume One...

Fairy-Tale Files: Humpty Dumpty

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s Assistant Editors. In of the mismatched teacups, of the single-serving spoon: a book of failures, Jenny Boully writes “If given time enough, Humpty...

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...