Category Archives: fairy tales
Silverweed: a supernatural fairy tale
Silverweed has had a make-over! Revisions, a new cover, & a paperback bonus: 8 fairy tale inspired supernatural short stories! Available only on Amazon. Read for Free with Kindle Unlimited! In this Little-Red-Riding-Hood-inspired paranormal fairy tale, the roles of prey and predator are blurred. Seventeen-year-old Aiden Young travels to Indiana for his aunt’s funeral, where his …
Midsummer Nights Dream + Witches = Dream Spell Poem
Dream Spell by Dorlana Vann (Inspired by Midsummer Nights Dream) She never knew where she’d go when she closed her eyes Her deep dreams bewitched, and her sleeping soul stolen Always to follow her love through tomorrow’s skies Cursed by her own craft, ties deliberately woven. “I place this herb where I have …
Fairy Tale Motifs Revisited
Recently, I was looking up the classic telling (1756) of “Beauty and the Beast” by Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont and one of the things that I found interesting was that it was classified as type 425C, which is Search for a lost husband in Aarne-Thompson – Types of the Folk Tale. It reminded me of an article I had written …
Fairy Tale Poetry
Fairy’s Sorrow By Dorlana Vann I’m sheltered from the rain, But still I feel the mist. It mixes with my pain Confirming I exist. I’m covered by the leaves Living amongst the trees. The more I see and learn The more the world I yearn. Inspired by The Dryad by Hans Christian Anderson
Book (Tailored for Trouble) and Movie (Enchanted) Club’s Review for December 2016
December’s 2016 Book and Movie Review Theme: Romance Book/Movie Club Set Up: Each member of our group (women ages 24-48) draws a month and a genre/theme. Whosever month it is, gets to choose a book and movie in their category. (They do not have to be one in the same.) The group has approximately 3 …
