Books tagged: fairy tale satire

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Everafter Acres    by Carolyn Kephart
Price: $0.99 USD. 5180 words. Published on September 12, 2010. .

Happily Ever After isn’t always perfect, but dark knights can be illuminating. A wryly humorous fall-themed fairy tale, first published in Luna Station Quarterly. Carolyn Kephart is the author of the acclaimed epic fantasy THE RYEL SAGA: A TALE OF LOVE AND MAGIC and the contemporary magic realism novel QUEEN OF TIME. This short story is part of the collection PENTANGLE: FIVE POINTED FABLES.
The World Where Wishes Worked    by Stephen Goldin
Price: $0.99 USD. 1110 words. Published by Parsina Press on February 25, 2011. .

This is a cautionary tale explaining why you should not suffer fools gladly. No matter how perfect a set-up you've got, all it takes is one fool to screw it up. **A fairy tale for adults.**
Garbage-to-Gold Spindle--On Sale Now!    by Eileen Wiedbrauk
Price: $0.99 USD. 2060 words. Published by World Weaver Press  on January 27, 2012. .

A witty reimagining of the classic Rumpelstiltskin tale. "Garbage-to-Gold Spindle–On Sale Now!" opens with a page from Granny Gopper's Cosmic Catalog of Everything You Ever Wanted!, a mail-order company selling mystic and magical wares to denizens of the enchanted forest, and unfolds as only could be told through business correspondence from the mail-order company to one Mr. Stiltskin.
Roses, Briars and Blood: A Gothic Re-telling of Sleeping Beauty.    by Alyne de Winter
You set the price! 16360 words. Published on March 8, 2012. .

Unable to produce and heir to the throne, the desperate Queen seeks the aid of an exiled Sorceress. When she fails to invite her benefactor to the Christening, the Sorceress curses the entire kingdom and the legendary one-hundred year sleep begins.... Newly revised April, 2012