It’s a tale as old as time, one that everyone seems to know at some level…Beauty and the Beast. Where the Beauty meets the Beast, they fall in love, and the curse is broken (more or less). And in the midst of all this lies the rose. I don’t believe I have ever read a... Continue Reading →
A Basic History of Dragons…
It is plain to see that dragons are perhaps the most majestic paragon of the fantasy and fairy tale genre. From the age-old idea of knights rescuing beautiful princesses from fire breathing dragons to the more modern take of humanized dragons like the ones in Tui T. Sutherland’s bestselling Wings of Fire series, dragons are... Continue Reading →
The tragedy of Snow Queen retellings…
I recently became aware that Snow Queen retellings don’t seem to garner the same attention that other fairy-tale retellings do. Given the popularity of the movie Frozen, the most famous Snow Queen retelling, I was startled to discover the apparent unpopularity of Snow Queen retellings more generally. This discovery came about through a less-than-scientific methodology... Continue Reading →
Once Upon a Time…
Once upon a time, I was curious about the phrase “once upon a time” (okay, I couldn’t resist). From a young age we hear those words at the start of so many fairy tales that they have become synonymous with that genre. My curiosity spurred me to do a little research. The earliest use of... Continue Reading →
Hello, humans of the internet…
(Photo by samer daboul on Pexels.com) Once upon a time, Cinderella was a cyborg… Once upon a time, Beauty was a Beast… Once upon a time, Sleeping Beauty was a spy… If you just read the three lines above, you may have noticed that something seemed a bit off. You may have even thought I’m... Continue Reading →
The Retellings Review (and Fairy Tales Too!) 