We craft and tell stories because we’ve stood on the uncertain edge between the waking world and our imagination, between enchantment and fear. And we remember other stories that help us build our own stories, scraps of lumber and fragments of narrative we gather together to make stories for ourselves.
Lovers of folk and fairy tale will glad to learn about the launch of a literary fairy tale website. Subverting Laughter is an interstitial, interdisciplinary research initiative presenting that wonderful Victorian pantomime, The Light Princess…Continue Reading
"Fall down mountains, just don't fall on me" by Mark Witton. Reproduced under Creative Commons.
Part 2 of 2. Our second round of editorial drinks for Terri Windling’s latest moveable feast. Read Part 1 here. JP2: We’re kind of circling back to what Tolkien said—we don’t want dragons per se,…Continue Reading
'Storm Dragon' by Lisa Grabenstetter. Reproduced by kind permission.
Part 1 of 2 Our contribution to Terri Windling’s latest moveable feast is a potluck: a jumbling of literary reflections, theories, and disputations. After the topic was brought up, the editorial staff engaged in a…Continue Reading
He tumbles round the Morris Dance and bounds through the Tarot. He finds true love inAndersen and falls in luck in Grimm. He’s a saint and a rabbi, an imam and a lama, a rich…Continue Reading
STAVE III Being the third in a series of guest posts by Daniel Gabelman Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow Christmas Eve. Yesterday was the final…Continue Reading
