This new book publishes on 21 August, 2025. By pre-ordering now, you will guarantee one of the first copies, signed and dedicated as you choose below.Witchcraft and witches throughout history have lon...

It would have been sensible and coherent if I had done a sleep series during the many months FTM’s focus was on “Sleeping Beauty,” this year. Sadly, I’m occasionally neither sensible nor coherent, so ...

“This is a story about a man who thought he was a bird and the woman who helped him find his humanity again.”With this stunning opening, Jane Rosenberg Laforge plunges readers into a heartwarming and ...

I don’t know about where you are, but as usual, summer has arrived far too early in Northern Indiana, and the ever-hotter weather has made me a summer Grinch. From this point on, I’m hunkering down un...

With Mother’s Day coming this week, I thought sharing this brunch casserole recipe might help some readers find the perfect dish for next Sunday. This is the point in my posts where I try to connect t...

Poor Cinderella. You know those filthy ashes and all the kitchen scraps she had to deal with made her miserable. She probably had to slop hogs and feed chickens too. And think of the health issues she...

The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett is a magical middle grade novel written in the tradition of Anne of Green Gables. The book takes place on Prince Edward Island where a young orphan named Gr...

We are delighted to present The Sleeping Beauty Issue! Scroll down for a list of featured authors, and first lines for each piece in Briar and Thorn, The Sleeping Beauty Issue. Click on the PDF to dow...

Cinderella lends herself to so many situations, it’s no wonder that her story shows up all over the world and is much older than you may realize. Today, as I idly glanced over a horoscope, I asked mys...

Cinderella lends herself to so many situations, it’s no wonder that her story shows up all over the world and is much older than you may realize. Today, as I idly glanced over a horoscope, I asked mys...

If you love books, plants, folklore, and magic, Enchanted Plants, by Varla A. Ventura, is for you! I fell in love with the book’s gorgeous cover and gilded pages the moment I laid eyes on it, and what...

Spring is in the air in the Northern Hemisphere, and The Fairy Tale Magazine has a roundup of garden and fairy inspired novels to plant the seeds of new life of your book shelf. Read on for book recom...

Shveta Thakrar returns readers to the Night Market in her luscious new Young Adult release Divining the Leaves. The novel follows Ridhi Kapadia, a young girl struggling to find her place in the contem...

In the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Aschenputtel, Cinderella’s father asks his daughter and step-daughters what kind of gift they would like from the fair. The step-sisters request “beautiful dresses,” “...

Can you imagine how profoundly dark the night must have been for Cinderella? There probably was almost no light pollution. For Cinderella, sleeping in ashes and mucking around the kitchen at night wit...

Kell Woods has long been a fan of stories. After working in libraries for over thirteen years, she turned her attention to writing, penning a continuation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Hansel and ...

Dear Enchanted Friends: We received many outstanding submissions for the Sleeping Beauty issue. There were well over one hundred submissions and the competition at the very top was fierce. Many of the...

Has it been hard for you to be upbeat lately? It seems that many of my friends and family members are struggling to stay positive. I, too, have found it difficult to be hopeful. The whirlwind of const...

I hope Cinderella had plenty of chickens to feed and keep her company. Chickens do have personalities; friends who raise them have sworn to me that they do, and Google concurs.Plus, eggs would have en...

I like to imagine Cinderella curled up by a dying fire, reading every word she can before she drops off to sleep. The way I see it, books would have given her the imagination to believe in her fairy g...

I like to imagine Cinderella curled up by a dying fire, reading every word she can before she drops off to sleep. The way I see it, books would have given her the imagination to believe in her fairy g...

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