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Review: Yule: Tales for the Winter Solstice

Yule: Tales for the Winter Solstice

Genre: Folklore, Fairy Tale, Holiday, Romance Reviewer: Jay Get It At Amazon | Publisher About The Book During the cold winter months, we mirror the Earth as she lies quiet, waiting for the return of warm days. We gather around yule fires and perform rituals to lure back the sun. Drinking wassail, singing songs and exchanging gifts, … Read more

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Review: Twelve – Joan Marie Verba

Twelve - Joan Marie Verba

Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Reviewer: Jay Get It On Amazon About The Book His love is locked inside an enigma. Can he solve the mystery to make himself a home? A hidden kingdom. The 18th century. Alden grew weary of battle long ago. And now the honorable soldier seeks to put the horrors of war … Read more

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Review: Once Upon a Dance – Kim Fielding

Once Upon a Dance - Kim Fielding

Genre: Sci-Fi, Fairy Tale, Romance Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Dom is an aging house-android, toiling away for the cruel and ungrateful owners of an inn. He secretly dreams of freedom, friendship, and love. When an inn guest offers him the chance to attend a grand masquerade ball, Dom jumps at … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Where Did the Wicked Stepmother Trope Come From?

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What springs to mind when you picture a fairy tale? Maybe Cinderella sweeping the hearth in tattered rags; Hansel and Gretel trailing bread crumbs through a dark forest; or Snow White, her face deathly pale, lying motionless within a glass coffin. These images are burned into our collective consciousness. But besides sharing similar folklore roots … Read more

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NEW RELEASE / GIVEAWAY: Bed of Rose and Thorns – Lee Hunt

Bed of Rose and Thorns - Lee Hunt

Lee Hunt has a new dark fantasy/fairy tale out: Bed of Rose and Thorns, and we have the cover reveal! There’s a giveaway too. Sir Ezra is an Elysian Bell; he has a frightening potential that he keeps hidden deep beneath tight layers of steel armor. He secretly loves a dark Queen whose touch would … Read more

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COVER REVEAL / GIVEAWAY: Bed of Rose and Thorns – Lee Hunt

Bed of Rose and Thorns - Lee Hunt

Lee Hunt has a new dark fantasy/fairy tale out: Bed of Rose and Thorns, and we have the cover reveal! There’s a giveaway too. Sir Ezra is an Elysian Bell; he has a frightening potential that he keeps hidden deep beneath tight layers of steel armor. He secretly loves a dark Queen whose touch would … Read more

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REVIEW: Firestones – Kim Fielding

Firestones - Kim Fielding

Genre: Fairy Tale, Dark, Historical Reviewer: DB Get It On Amazon About The Book Born with a deformed foot and abandoned as a young child, Brand spent his youth in indentured servitude to a mediocre wizard. Now Brand is grown, but with no other prospects to support himself, he remains in his master’s employ, doing … Read more

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REVIEW: Firestones – Kim Fielding

Firestones - Kim Fielding

Genre: Fairy Tale, Dark, Historical Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Born with a deformed foot and abandoned as a young child, Brand spent his youth in indentured servitude to a mediocre wizard. Now Brand is grown, but with no other prospects to support himself, he remains in his master’s employ, doing … Read more

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REVIEW: Eye of the Beholder – C H Clepitt

Eye of the Beholder - C H Clepitt - Magic Mirror

Genre: Fairy Tale, Historical Reviewer: Dan Get It On Amazon About The Book When pressure from his materialistic children turns Claude into a thief, it is down to his youngest daughter to set things right. Angelique agrees to take her father’s place as prisoner to what she is told is a hideous beast. Angelique soon … Read more

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REVIEW: The Forest God – Jamie Lackey

The Forest God - Jamie Lackey

Genre: Fantasy Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book The Forest God, incarnated into the body of hare, ready to die and live again.   The Apprentice Witch, outcast and unwanted, unsure of her path.   The Young Lord, frivolous and rootless, inconsiderate of his duties.   Their three souls should be bound to a cycle … Read more