The King of the Dry Waterfalls
THE KING OF THE DRY WATERFALLS By Dominic de Souza Word count: 1194 Rating: Summary: A moralistic fairy-tale. A series of short, fairy-tale stories to illustrate points of Christian Faith and the Sacramental Life, to…
Tag: Fables & Fairytales
Little Swift
By Ruth Asch Word Count: 4556 Rating: PG (Discussion of euthanasia) Summary: A fairy tale of freedom and life. If you happen to pass along a country road in a land far away, at that…
A Different Tale of Beauty: A Beauty and the Beast Story
Beauty knelt over the prone figure of her beloved Beast...the rain soaked her hair, ran in cold rivulets down her cheeks...the muddy ground soaked through her dress, staining the front of her skirt, her stockings.…
A Dome of Gold Dust: A Catechism Tale
By Dominic de Souza Word Count: 900 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: A couple boast that they are better than Adam and Eve, and are tested. Once upon a time there lived a…
Dream Voyagers
'Neath star-shine and moon-glow's touch, the Ship of Dreams sails on. Its destination, only by believers, is well known. Its port, The Land of Faery, at edge of Evermore. You travel to adventure, when you…
The Ravens
By Amanda Pizzolatto (alias Aurora Mandeville) Word count: 753 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: A new fairy tale in the style of the old ones Once upon a time, in a far away…
The Pomegranate: An Original Fairy Tale
By Amanda Pizzolatto (alias Aurora Mandeville) Word Count: 652 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: An original fairy tale in the mold of Andersen and Le Prince de Beaumont. Once upon a time, in…
Blood and Roses: A Beauty and the Beast Serial – Epilogue: Shower of Petals
The candles flickered in the silence of the halls, yet their swirling smoke whispered to each other that death had fallen on this place, that it lay moldering on the edges of fallen…
Blood and Roses: A Beauty and the Beast Serial – Chapter 3: LeFou’s Story
Pierre LeFou had always been a shy boy, the most timid boy in the village, and had been the brunt of bullies since he was knee-high to a grasshopper. They would harass him at…
Blood and Roses: A Beauty and the Beast Serial – Chapter 2: The Beast’s Story
There was indeed a time when the beast had been a man…then he had forgotten how to be a man, long before his form had been altered. As son of the Marquis, ruling over his…