Halfway to Fairyland

  Mira weeps. She has not, these last few days. She has not let herself. But now she’s alone, in her private hollow in the woods, and no one...

 I have a very clear memory of writing about this story, which is odd, because I can find no evidence that I’ve ever done so. (I do not have...

 This is one of my favorite kinds of stories—enchanted bride/groom without the bride/groom. The transforming power of non-romantic love is j...

 Is anyone else disturbed by the implication in pop culture that we can create evil through torture? The orcs in Lord of the Rings. The demo...

 One of you commented that it would be nice to see comparisons between enchanted bride and enchanted bridegroom tales. And at first I though...

 So we open this story with a king who has seven sons, which is just excessive, especially since six of them do absolutely nothing here. At ...

 I’ve decided to talk about this story today, even though it wasn’t on my very tentative schedule, because I’ve still been thinking about Th...