Short Stories Fairy Tales

A collection of modern-day fairy tales, including "Sleeping through the Beauty", "Hearts on Fire", "The Beauty in the Beast", "The Magic of Snow Magic", and "Falling for Cindy Fellars".

After being banished from her coven five years ago, Sarah vowed to stay away from black magic forever and instead tried to embrace the life of a white witch. However, now a family death has brought her back to her hometown of Raven's Cove, and the good little witch is in line to inherit a powerful gift.

It is both amazing and wonderful that so much of the richness of our language and our moral education still owes a huge debt to a Greek slave who was executed over 2,000 years ago. Yet "sour grapes", "crying wolf", "a dog in a manger", "actions speak louder than words", "honesty is the best policy", and literally hundreds of other metaphors, axioms, and ideas that are now woven into the very fabric of Western culture all came from Aesop's Fables.

Entre la confirmación de la mitra de que Pedro Infante no murió en pecado, el Licenciado embustero que le juró a la autora convertirla en Primera Dama si ganaba la gubernatura de su estado natal y sentidas reflexiones sobre la posibilidad de un nuevo enamoramiento después de un divorcio en nuestro historial, Guadalupe Loaeza nos deleita con sus divertidas historias sobre mujeres y hombres atrapados en las redes del amor, la infidelidad y siempre, por supuesto, el lado amable de la vida.

Welcome to this journey, a love letter from the Earth filled with exquisite nature visuals to enjoy with the whole family.

A magical wintery book for all ages. This story takes you and your loved ones on a snowy adventure that invites you to discover the magic of winter.

This "fractured fairy tale" is the result of Mrs. Burns' first attempt to step out of the comfort zone of writing from experience in her memoir and knock on the door of her imagination for her writers' group's meeting in November 2017. This work was actually inspired by a remark made by her husband, as she struggled with the topic for that month's meeting. In keeping with the memoir genre, this tale is set using names familiar with the locals, and to satisfy the assignment of writing fiction, it brings "Little Red Riding Hood" to Northern New York.

There are many versions of the Cinderella story. Not one of them, however, points out that one does not have to wear the glass slipper—even if it fits.

En esta interesante obra nos adentramos en los encantos y misterios de las dríades. Es todo una aventura imaginar cómo sería nuestra interacción con esas impresionantes criaturas.

We never forget the stories we were told as children. Even when they are not on the top of our mind, they lurk like palm prints on the drying cement foundations of our understanding of the world. We absorb the pluck of children in the face of adult perfidy, cheering the heroism of Hansel and Gretel or Beauty and the Beast. Counterpoised by the wickedness and cruelty of parents, stepmothers, and wolves in sheep's clothing, children's wiliness usually leaves them unharmed, if not heroic. As adults, we keep returning to them again and again in film, in theater, and in books.

What if the Little Mermaid took a moment to reconsider her deal with the sea witch, and decided to change the course of her life her own way, on her own terms? Listen to this charming, alternative story!

I love the woods. I live in California, and I drive an old beat-up white van; I use this van all the time. This van is my go-to sleeping headquarters, because I’m always doing research on bigfoot. Now, I want to share my bigfoot findings, and I want to share it with the world. This audiobook will be a brief listen, but I believe it will make you scratch your head and think a little differently.

Four original folktale-style stories based on the old English counting rhyme.

The Black Goat is a short story that takes on a contemporary approach of the legend of Van Hunks and the devil. Jan van Hunks is down and out, a functioning alcoholic who is battling a divorce from his wife. One wintry night, he decides to escape the clutches of his studio apartment in the heart of Cape Town and venture out to find the darkest bar he can. He meets a mysterious character along the way who advises him against his journey.

Not Your Mother's Goose proves that fairy tales and nursery rhymes aren't just for kids anymore. Envision it as the Cliffs Notes of children's stories - if Cliffs Notes was overtaken by Dave Barry or the folks at The Onion. Not Your Mother's Goose is a series of totally irreverent, mega-sarcastic fairy-tale recaps, along with a host of hilarious fake news stories and headlines ranging from Rapunzel getting a bikini wax to Old McDonald bombing on Wheel of Fortune after only buying vowels.

An original unique collection of mystical stories, fables and verse to nurture the inner child in us.

Magische Sagen von Zauberern und Hexen. Den Menschen früherer Jahrhunderte waren sie nicht ganz geheuer: Jene Männer und Frauen, die besonderes Wissen oder besondere Fähigkeiten besaßen. So entstanden über sie all die Geschichten von Zauberern und Hexen, die Geister beschwören oder auf einem Besen durch die Luft reiten konnten. Und man musste sich mit ihnen entweder gut stellen oder sie - was historisch grausame Wahrheit wurde - verfolgen und bekämpfen.

Die schönsten deutschen Sagen von Wassermännern, Klabautern und Nixen. Der Sage nach lebten sie in oder an Quellen, Flüssen, Seen oder am Meer: Klabautermännlein, die die Schiffe beschützen, Nixen, die die Seeleute in die Tiefe locken, oder der mächtige Meermann Ekke Nekkepenn. In ihnen hat das Wissen von der lebensspendenden wie todbringenden Kraft des Wassers Gestalt angenommen.

Exciting retellings of "Goldilocks & the Three Bears," "Rumpelstiltskin," and more, from master storyteller Jim Weiss. These six stories include beloved classics like "Rumplestiltskin" along with less-familiar tales like "The Bremen Town Musicians" that are sure to become new favorites. There's also a bonus song!

Starward Tales is a collection of short stories, poems, and visual art retelling legends, myths, and fairy tales as science fiction.