So, You Think You Know Fairy Tales

Reading and writing fairy tales and folk tales with a modern perspective.

Thursday, February 20, 2020

The Bargain

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Greetings, reader! After reading the original story of Elves and the Shoemaker, I decided that the shoemaker's wife needed to play a bi...
Thursday, February 6, 2020

The Elves and the Shoemaker

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Never underestimate the happiness of elves getting their first clothes. Salutations, readers! I realized that I never looked at  The El...
Thursday, January 30, 2020

Out of Season

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Hello, reader. Last week's story was pretty dark, so I shouldn't be surprised that my modern version of it turned out dark as well. ...
Thursday, January 23, 2020

The Twelve Months

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Seems like a good place to find violets. Salutations, reader! The fairy tale for this week comes from the Czech Republic. The Twelve Mon...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

Crack in the Sky

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Hello, reader! I was having a little trouble figuring out how to turn "The Stones of Five Colors and Empress Jokwa" into a modern ...
Thursday, January 9, 2020

The Stones of Five Colors and the Empress Jokwa

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There's power in these stones. Some of them. Hello again, reader. As those of you who follow me on Instagram know, I just got back f...
Thursday, December 12, 2019

The Journey to Success

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Hello, reader! I didn't intend to take such a long break. For those of you who are curious, I won NaNoWriMo. Which means I wrote 50,000 ...
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Debbie Newcomb
I'm a trained creative writer who keeps coming back to fairy tales. Follow me on Instagram @newcombnotes .
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