Short Stories Fairy Tales

Verona is a bottom feeder. She is the one mer in her clan who is considered the ugliest and least intelligent. Growing up with constant bullying and abuse wasn't the worst of what her kind had in store for her. At 17 years old, she must now endure The Reckoning. The scales will measure her worth to her clan. Will she endure 30 days as a land-walker to gather information and knowledge to appease her clan and return a valued member?

From creation stories and explanations of natural phenomena to fables and cautionary tales, ancient Basque mythology has endured for centuries thanks to a strong oral tradition and, quite simply, love of a good story. In this unique collection, Basque-American author Caryn Larrinaga explores and expands upon the rich, traditional folklore from her family's homeland. Dive into stories about love, loss, greed, and revenge. Meet creatures like the mischievous Galtzagorriak, the deadly Gaueko, the beautiful Lamiak, the legendary Erensuge, and more.

This is a sci-fi novel about the origins and ultimate destruction of Atlantis and the Earth. The characters are colorful and personable. The listener should come away with a good feeling about space travel and the future of mankind.

A fairy tale written at my daughter's request, of love, loyalty, and staying true to oneself. She asked for her own version of Beauty and the Beast meets Cinderella and has loved the story ever since.

Meet a talking horse that tells only lies and a magical raven who speaks in riddles. Find powerful witches, cursed wolves, and fae changelings in medieval castles, modern skyscrapers, and Regency ballrooms in this short story collection.

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.

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.

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!

Missing people. Stories of monsters lurking in the shadows. When Mason hikes into the woods searching for clues as to what happened to his father, he gets so much more than he bargained for. The real world is about to be uncovered.

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.

Theodore Gale is a 25-year-old, unemployed, playboy cowboy with the propensity for getting into fights. After winning a bronco riding competition he decides to celebrate with a southern belle he sneaks to the barn at the Gale Farm. The following morning should have started with some kinky fun, but instead his life is turned upside down when a green tornado appears and takes Theo’s barn to another world.

Gruselsagen über den Höllenfürsten und seine Geisterwesen. Für die Menschen früherer Jahrhunderte ist er das personifizierte Böse: Luzifer, der Teufel. Er verführt zur Sünde und bringt Krankheit und Verderben. Doch eine Hoffnung kennen die Sagen: Man kann manchmal mit dem Teufel handeln, einen Pakt eingehen, ihn im besten Fall sogar überlisten. Ebenfalls nicht von dieser Welt sind Naturgeister, Gottheiten vorchristlichen Glaubens oder Verstorbene, die keine Ruhe finden. Sie begegnen den Menschen mal trügerisch, mal rachesuchend, mal gütig und hilfreich, immer aber geheimnisvoll.

Die schönsten Sagen über Helden, Heilige und Narren: Von Wilhelm Tell bis Till Eulenspiegel. In früheren Jahrhunderten erzählte man sich in langen Winternächten Geschichten. Zum Beispiel von Menschen, die sich durch besondere Eigenschaften hervortaten: durch herausragenden Heldenmut, durch tiefstes Gottvertrauen oder himmelschreiende Dummheit. Bis heute kennen wir daher ihre Namen und Taten, von Wilhelm Tell, Claus Störtebeker, Michael Kohlhaas, Hans Clavert bis zu Till Eulenspiegel und den sieben Schwaben.

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