Halfway to Fairyland

 This is a weird one. It’s kind of Beauty and the Beast vibes, but technically the dude isn't under a spell? Also there’s a deal with th...

 I just want to take a moment today to go over yet another horrifying, heartbreaking element of the Beast’s suffering in the original Beauty...

 This is a Hungarian fairy tale, coming to us today through Andrew Lang’s Yellow Fairy Book. Once a poor family sent their three sons out to...

 Okay, I'm sorry, I'm still not over this. I can’t even remember which one of those “brave girl” books did this. And whichever one i...

 Last time I went through the folklore section at the bookstore—my favorite place to be—I noticed that there were, like, eight different boo...

 The Golden Crab is, as I’m sure will surprise no one who’s spent any time here, another enchanted bridegroom story. It’s Greek, though I re...

 Okay. Okay. So. The Emperor's New Clothes. Here's the thing about the Emperor's New Clothes. If the clothes were real. If they ...