A delightful, long poem telling the full story of the Pied Piper. Great for reading out loud to children. And much, much better than the Brothers Grimm version.
Best of all, it’s free. So why not download and give it a read today.
Fairy Tales and Folklore Robert’s Page
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The Children of Hameln — Brothers Grimm
Not so much a fairy tale, more of a historic magazine article.
Worth a read though as it sets the stage for all later Pied Piper stories.
Click on picture for PDF file that’s a good sized font for reading on a Kindle.
Fairy Tales and Folklore Brothers Grimm’s Page
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Through Time and Space — Julia Crane
A fun, little re-make of Little Red Riding Hood with all the usual protagonists portrayed as Venusians being banished to Earth.
This is my first story from the anthology, Once Upon A Star, which, apparently, is all fairy tales re-told in sci-fi settings. However, i would put Through Time and Space squarely in the fantasy genre as moving by magic from one planet is fantasy, not sci-fi. One certainly wouldn’t put Raymond E Feist in the sci-fi category and he has plenty of rift gate planet hopping going on in his books.
I read this so i could add it to my Little Red Riding Hood collection, and, genre disputes aside, it’s a nice little addition to my fairy tale collection and worth a read for all fairy tale fans.
Julia’ Page
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Once Upon A Star — Anthology
Oooh, sci-fi fairy tales.
Escape: A Liza Roth Adventure — Anthea Sharp
True.Love — Alethea Kontis
Blow Your Planet Down — Shawntelle Madison
The Cyrano Solution: A Gaian Consortium Story — Christine Pope
Once You Wish — Evelyn Snow
By the Light of a Distant Star — Jenna Elizabeth Johnson
Vasilia and the Horse of Power — Jamie Ferguson
Echo — Nikki Jefford
Deadly Dance — Kasey Mackenzie
Through Time and Space: A Little Red Riding Hood Tale — Julia Crane
The Star Dragon’s Curse — Alexia Purdy
Zatarra — Phaedra Weldon
Loxley — Sarra Cannon
Candy House — Kay McSpadden
#scifi #fairytale #antheasharp #aletheakontis #shawntellemadison #christinepope #evelynsnow #jennaelizabethjohnson #jamieferguson #nikkijefford #kaseymackenzie #juliacrane #alexiapurdy #phaedraweldon #sarracannon #kaymcspadden
Brea’s Tale — Anthea Sharp
All in all i quite enjoyed the first Feyland trilogy and so i’ll definitely give the second trilogy a good read as soon as i collect them all.
Anthea’s page
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Tales of Feyland and Faerie — Anthea Sharp
Beneath the Knowe
Fae Horse
Breaking the Brownie Code
Music’s Price
Feyland: The First Adventure
How to Babysit a Changling
Trinket
Brea’s Tale: Arrival
Anthea’s page
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The Path of Pins, the Path of Needles — KT Bryski
So this is a well weird tale to tell.
I like walking and other forms of exercise, and while i’m doing them i like to listen to various podcasts. I usually have a good pile queued up on my phone to listen to, to make sure i never run out.
While i was out walking yesterday morning the next podcast on the list started to play and it was The Path of Pins, the Path of Needles, which, it just so happens, is a Little Red Riding Hood spin off.
How Lightspeed managed to justify shoehorning a Little Red Riding Hood spin off into a Sci-Fi magazine, and then also manage to shoehorn it onto my phone to play at exactly the same time i’m having a Little Red Riding Hood reading binge, i have absolutely no idea. But it’s all pretty uncanny when you think about it: like there’s more to these fairy tales than we at first may think.
Best of all is that you can read it for free at Lightspeed magazine, or listen to the podcast like i did.
And why not sign up to Lightspeed Magazine Story Podcast while you’re here, or there, and make sure you never miss another great story?
KT’s Page
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The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault — Charles Perrault
I only bought this for Little Red Riding Hood, but i will come back one day to read the other tales.
Charles’ Page
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Little Red Riding Hood — Brothers Grimm
Along with Perrault’s version, this was background reading for Christina Henry’s book: The Girl in Red.
While i don’t mind a bit of plagiarising, i do expect that when one does so that they have the ability to improve over the original. The Grimm’s don’t manage that.
Sadly, this is the version that most people in UK know, and most think it’s the original.
Brothers Grimm’s Page
#fairytale #brothersgrimm
Little Red Riding Hood — Charles Perrault
When i found out that Christina Henry was writing The Girl In Red, i did my usual with Christina’s books and went back to the past where her stories have their roots: this time it’s Little Red Riding Hood’s turn.
While most people have heard the Brothers Grimm version of this tale, most don’t realise that they plagiarised the whole thing from this book, which was written long, long before the Grimms were even born.
What’s striking about Perrault’s version is the very obvious metaphorical warning to young maidens about men who only have one thing in mind and how they will seek to mislead them to get what they want.
Shorter than the Grimm version, but much better. Recommended for anyone interested in the tale being told properly.
Charles’ Page
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Spark — Anthea Sharp
All in all i quite enjoyed the first Feyland trilogy and so i’ll definitely give the second trilogy a good read as soon as i collect them all.