Once Upon A Time in 2016
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Last published Thu, Oct 13, 2016
A short collection of modern day fairy tales.
In our fast paced world, magic, imagination and far away stories seem to be long forgotten in our modern technology fuelled lifestyles. Join the characters in these modern day fairy tales, who may remind you of a certain fairy godmother or a notorious bad wolf, and remember no matter how rushed and stressed your life maybe, keep your eyes open for a little bit of magic, as not all is as it always seems.
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Two kingdoms and two women, inexorably linked through distant memory. One cannot remember who she was, and the other cannot see the truth of her present. One struggles to remember her history, while the other's past trauma follows her everywhere she turns. Protecting their borders, and the heirs of the kingdom is the only thing that matters, but threats from outside and threats from within may soon crumble all that they have worked for. As the two do what they can to protect their kingdoms, it becomes increasingly clear that they are locked in the same struggle, two sides to the same coin, and coming together may be the only possible way to solve both of their problems.
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