The Pied Piper led the rats and children out of town, but what happened to the child left behind? What is the true story of that child, and what about the piper? How did he become the way he did? An adaptation of the Pied Piper that goes further and looks at what happened after.
"Just kidnap her, my subconscious told me. Huh, that's not a totally bad idea." (I was 12 when I wrote this, keep that in mind if you decide to read this cringey book)
Every culture has its own version of Cinderella, whether it features glass slippers and fairy godmothers, or enchanted trees and magic fish, the love story endures and goodness is always rewarded. But in this story, Ella has been replaced by Elliot and her beloved prince is a princess severely lacking in charm. Elli...
She is light. She is beauty. She is grace. She is spring at it's finest. She is Persephone. He is darkness. He is dangerous. He is mysterious. He is death. He is Hades. Hades is taken by Persephone's light and innocence. He does what any sane almighty god would do. He takes her away from everything she k...
May Khan's life was always pretty normal, but with final exams, prom and graduation looming around the corner, she didn't care much for anything except for getting out of high school. On her eighteenth birthday, however, her entire life changes. After finding a mysterious man claiming to be the Pharaoh of Egypt, a str...
"Cinderella had till midnight, I have twelve kisses to win back my prince's heart," John wants Metilda to end their marriage.He believes that he has fallen in love with another woman. Metilda agrees but she has one condition. John must kiss her every afternoon in-front of their son for twelve da...
Everyone knows the story of Snow White: blood red lips, ebony hair and skin the colour of freshly fallen snow. Her vain step-mother, desperate to be the 'fairest of them all' attempts four times to have her killed, until her prince comes to save the day. But what if Snow wasn't a princess, but a prince. And the quee...
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, t...
Seven years ago, Prince Casimir disappeared. Many blame the beast who attacked the castle and drove everyone out of the forest. But now the king and queen have no heir. The kingdom is falling apart. Scared villagers turn to violence and rebel against the crown. Out of both options and hope, Rose and her father de...
NS Writer's Group compiled a book of short fairy tales. Six members from varying backgrounds each wrote a fairy tale for the compilation. I will share mine, Bearskin, with you. It is about a girl who is tormented by the town bully, but discovers that his cruelness comes from living with an abusive father. Just when sh...
An anthology with retellings of classic stories and myths from all over the world. Don't expect your usual retellings! Stories featured: The eleven swans Thrushbeard Sandman Nightingale (Runner-up on REUTS Publications contest!) link: http://blog.reuts.com/prw-runner-tour-nightingale-alexandra-perchanidou/ Retold Myt...
The year is 1350 and the Black Death rages in Europe. With his young wife on the verge of death, Eugene knows that the only way to save her is to save the entirety of London. Striking a deal with the city's council, he makes an enchanted flute to lure the rats away in exchange for enough coin to purchase a well-guarde...
One day, you wake up and you get crowned as the Queen. One night, quite possibly the same night, you take a walk in your new castle and out of nowhere, you get turned into a swan. What would you do? Would you blame the Fates? Or, would you blame the mortals tampering with the Fates? Find out through Orynea's story in...
For seven years Zel had lived in a tower. A prison. A cell that's only purpose was to separate her from the world she used to know while wars were being planned. She had been forced into confinement at eleven, and spent every minute waiting. Waiting for when she could go out into the world once more, and get revenge o...
*Featured* She was the most beautiful girl at the ball-and the most dangerous. After the murder of the Viridian prince at his engagement ball sparks a bloody revolution, pirate Ashen of Azure must decide where her loyalties lie. Will she condemn the royalty who drove her family from their home, or will she defen...
Rin is a Kitsune, or at least she was until a witch's spell turned her human. To regain her powers, Rin must make the lord's son fall in love with her before the next full moon. She thought it would be easy, her kind have been seducing humans for centuries. But Hikaru is different. He's handsome, intelligent, and kind...
Harriet has always been the type of girl who would rather ride horses than stitch embroidery, practice her sword-fighting than practice her curtsies, and she'd rather dream about being the first female knight in all of history instead of a docile wife on some nobleman's arm. When a war between the allies of Ecrivenia...
What if Snow White's prince wasn't the prince she hoped would come? In this Snow White retelling, Princess Wynter is grieving over her father's death when her stepmother, Queen Lucinda, asks Wynter to marry her son, Prince Andrew. Wynter refuses him again, knowing he is not the man he makes everyone believe. While Wyn...