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5B with a hacksaw, haloed by light in Dust Bunny
Featured Essays
Dust Bunny

A Family of Monsters: On Dust Bunny and Fighting for the Love We Deserve

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Cover of A Forest, Darkly by A.G. Slatter.
Excerpts
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Read an Excerpt From A Forest, Darkly by A.G. Slatter

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Illustration from S.C. Hall's The Book of British Ballads (1842)
Books
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Folklore Meets Murder Ballad: Six Retellings of “The Cruel Sister”

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Cover of The Changeling Queen by Kimberly Bea.
Excerpts
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Read an Excerpt From The Changeling Queen by Kimberly Bea

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Cover of The Summer War by Naomi Novik.
Books
book reviews

The Summer War by Naomi Novik Is a Lovely, Medieval-esque Fairy Tale

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detail from the cover of The Redwood Bargain
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publishing news

Revealing The Redwood Bargain by Markelle Grabo

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Darcy Davenport (Dev Patel) records nature sounds in Bryn Chainey's Rabbit Trap.
Movies & TV
rabbit trap

Rabbit Trap Is a Compelling Dark Fairy Tale That’s Light on Horror

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Cover art from Winter Rose by Patricia A McKillip (illustration by Kinuko Y. Craft)
Books
Fairy Tales

A Knight to Remember: Six Retellings of the Story of Tam Lin

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Cover of Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta.
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book reviews

Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta Feels Like a Lucid Dream

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Ron Perlman as One and Judith Vittet as Miette in The City of Lost Children
Featured Essays
The City of Lost Children

The City of Lost Children: A Surreal French Fairy Tale for the Ages

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Art from the album cover of Frank Loesser's Thumbelina and Wonderful Copenhagen, 1952
Books
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Don’t Marry the First Mole You Meet: Five Retellings of “Thumbelina”

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Illustration from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen (1916); art by Harry Clarke
Books
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Five Atmospheric Books That Feel Like Dark Fairy Tales

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“We are all stardust and stories.”

Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

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