I remember that I was walking in the woods during the day, with snow dusting my shoulders. Now, it was the kind of forest where the trees are all old and watchful – a forest all of us will walk through one day, and some more than once, too, all the children, and all theContinue reading “The demon and the burnt king”
Category Archives: Fairy Stories
Just a quick site announcement in regards to the fairy tales
“The Inheritance” has been tweaked and is once again available for your reading pleasure (or displeasure). It’s the first fairy tale I ever published here, so go easy on it, please. Be gentle. Use the leather belt sparingly. đ
The Blunt Mirror
“Who was it who had the bright idea to use sunlight hares in the attack?” The General asked impatiently. “Hares, sir?” The adjutant hid his amusement. Although the General was only beginning to gray about the temples and the nose hairs, dementia was surely not far off. “There was a figure on a hill. OutflankingContinue reading “The Blunt Mirror”
Blood on the Snow
There once was a man who left his home after trying, and failing, to win the love of a married woman. He travelled for weeks, sometimes on foot, sometimes hitching a ride here and there. Sometimes his body ached with weariness, and sometimes the nights of the waning summer got cold, but he pressed on. OneContinue reading “Blood on the Snow”
The Goat In Love
One woman’s husband was a cheater. He did it with the traveling gypsy, the miller’s daughter, the green-eyed spinster down the street, the shepherdess, the milkmaid with a dark braid, the woman that swept the church floor, the wife of the officer, and the son of the shoemaker. The man’s wife both knew and didn’tContinue reading “The Goat In Love”
Natalia A. 