Jessica Lawrence always loved stories. She grew up in a small New Hampshire town, the daughter of attorneys and the oldest of two children. Her parents put the kids to bed at night by reading stories ...
Source: The state Tretyakov gallery. The house-Museum of V. M. Vasnetsov, Moscow/Public Domain One definition of what separates us from other species is our ability to construct narratives from our ...
If it’s started to feel like all summer blockbuster movies are being written by robots [INSERT FORMER PRO WRESTLER, INSERT GIANT CGI ANIMAL], you’ll be disquieted to learn that that future may not be ...
BYFIELD — A group of fairy-tale authors from Triton Regional High School got to meet their muses at the Salisbury Elementary School last week in what made for a storybook ending. Kim Spinale’s English ...
Everyone remembers Dorothy’s ruby slippers and being entranced by the Wicked Witch of the West and her flying cohorts, but not all of us recall “Queen Zixi of Ix” or the great King Rinkitink. The 75th ...
The Shadow by Hans Christian Andersen was first published in 1847. In some ways, it is Andersen’s darkest tale. The character ...
Once upon a time, a gathering of more than 100 miniature princes and princesses, knights and pixies arrived at Ye Olde Village Elementary School for the Fairy Tale Ball. It resembled an ending scene ...