Category: folklore

  • Fairy Tale Fortnight 2014

    I’m excited to announce that I will, once again, be participating in Fairy Tale Fortnight, a modern-take-on-folklore/fairy-tale-retelling/super-awesome-funtime extravaganza hosted by The Book Rat and A Backwards Story. There will be so many reviews, guest posts, interviews, excerpts, and GIVEAWAYS between April 20th and May 3rd. You should most definitely check it out.

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  • Are Ghost Stories Our Modern Fairy Tales?

    Fairy tales, as I understand them, are a specific form of folklore. They’re the product of oral storytelling, the passing on of tales, the slow metamorphosis of stories as each person adds and omits details. It’s kind of a lost art, really. These days, we have television and books to give us our stories. We…

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