Short Stories Fairy Tales

“What jest of madmen brings you to seek death?” The rider’s voice was hollow, like echoes in a crypt. Jim and Tania's wedding started out joyfully, and then, at the reception, she was stolen away by a sorcerer. Aided by Red and the vila, Jim follows. But can a young modern man triumph against a century-old sorcerer? Based on the Eastern Europe fables of Koschei the Deathless, follow Jim as he navigates the traps and dangers of the Slavic Otherworld in an attempt to rescue Tania from her capturer. Challenges and tests await any mortal in the Otherworld, never mind one who would ...

Fairy Tales and Shadows introduces a world of magic and splendor through a diverse set of characters who each star in their own fairy tale-style stories. As the book progresses, the stories and characters begin to overlap and come together, transforming the book from a collection of fairy tales to a plot-driven novel.

A selection of some of the most famous fairy stories which every child needs to foster their imagination. The following stories can be found on this title: "The Story of the Three Little Pigs", "The History of Dick Whittington", "Beauty and the Beast", "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", "Puss in Boots", "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Ali Baba", "The Brave Little Tailor", and "The Princess on the Glass Hill".

Peter Rabbit was the best friend of Slowpoke (the turtle without a shell) After many weeks and even months, Slowpoke had not grown his shell. There had to be someone who could answer Slowpoke's question. When am I going to grow my shell? Peter and Slowpoke wonder thru the forest looking for answers. The question is, will they find it?

Thirteen award-winning fantasy and science fiction writers offer up their versions of these classic fairy tales as well as other favorites, including The Ugly Duckling, Ali Baba, Hansel and Gretel, and more. Some of the stories are funny, some are strange, and others are dark and disturbing - but each offers something as unexpected as a wolf at the door.

Set your imagination alight with this selection of more than 25 bedtime stories by a much-loved children's author. From pixie dressmakers to thundering giants, meet a host of magic and memorable characters along with some familiar friends in Moonface and Saucepan Man from The Magic Faraway Tree. This stunning treasury brings together some of Enid Blyton's most delightful stories for younger children, creating the perfect bedtime treat.

In their third critically acclaimed collection of original fairy tales for adults, World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling present 21 new stories by some of the top names in literature today. Dark, disturbing and delightful, each story was written expressly for this superb collection of distinctly grown-up fantasy - a brilliant companion volume to Datlow and Windling's acclaimed anthologies, Snow White, Blood Red, and Black Thorn, White Rose.

This most celebrated collections of tales feature shape-shifting and miraculous transportation across continents, powerful jinn who rise like smoke from simple vessels, and dreams that delve into the secrets of the subconscious. This innovative book retells a selection of tales that have captured the imaginations of countless people over many centuries. Accompanying each is a contemporary short story that reframes the messages and teachings of the original, specifically written for an adult audience.

A song half-heard. The murmur of a voice singing in the dark. There it is again...a few words set to an old melody filled with mystery, heartbreak and horror. Out of Tune gathers a collection of original dark fantasy tales inspired by folk ballads. Here you'll find stories of strange creatures and strangers humans, treachery and love, murder and monsters.

Hey there, are you eady to turn lights-out into the most epic part of your day? Buckle up, because "Bedtime Fairy Tales" is about to blast your nighttime routine into the stratosphere! Forget boring bedtimes – we're talking laugh-out-loud adventures, heart-pumping excitement, and mind-bending magic!

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Travel to a world of wild imagination and playful curiosity with Just So Stories, the complete collection of Rudyard Kipling's timeless animal tales, specially presented for young children at bedtime. In these delightful and whimsical stories, you'll discover how the elephant got its trunk, why the camel has a hump, and how the leopard got its spots—each tale bursting with charm, gentle humour, and wonder. Told in Kipling's beautifully rhythmic and poetic style, these stories spark imagination while offering soothing, thoughtful storytelling perfect for winding down at the end of the day.

A poisoned apple and a monkey's paw with the power to change fate; a girl whose extraordinarily long hair causes catastrophe; a man with one human arm and one swan's wing; and a house deep in the forest, constructed of gumdrops and gingerbread, vanilla frosting and boiled sugar. In A Wild Swan and Other Tales, the people and the talismans of lands far, far away—the mythic figures of our childhoods and the source of so much of our wonder—are transformed by Michael Cunningham into stories of sublime revelation.

There are 40 short stories in volume 3 and 10 short stories in volume 4. So, you’ll get total of 50 short stories with this bundle. Each fable ends with a moral. So, there’s something more than entertainment, your child will learn ethics and good manners. This audiobook will be the ideal gift for your kids.Not only for kids, so many teens, adults and seniors have told us, these fables are highly entertaining for them too and bring back their childhood memories.

Yetu holds the memories for her people - water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners - who live idyllic lives in the deep. Their past, too traumatic to be remembered regularly, is forgotten by everyone, save one - the historian. This demanding role has been bestowed on Yetu. Yetu remembers for everyone, and the memories, painful and wonderful, traumatic and terrible and miraculous, are destroying her.

Classic Fairy Tales, Volume 1, features 10 of the best-loved fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and more.

When the magical secrets of The Emerald Isle beckon, will she survive answering the call? Ohio, 1846. Valentia McDowell wishes she could rest. Plagued by nightmares of her grandmother’s mysterious brooch lost in Ireland, the well-off young woman aches to find her lost family in Ireland. But as she dodges marriage proposals from odious local farmers, she can’t shake the sense that a powerful inheritance awaits her across the ocean… if she can weather the treacherous journey. Can Valentia uphold a destiny she doesn’t yet understand without losing everyone she loves? An Immigrant's ...

Once upon a time, the stories that came to be known as "fairy tales" were cultivated to entertain adults more than children; it was only later that they were tamed and pruned into less thorny versions intended for youngsters. But in truth, they have continued to prick the imaginations of audiences at all ages.

Transport yourself to a world of fantasy and magic, villainy and heroism, and stories that will enchant children and adults alike with The Brother's Grimms’ Fairy Tales. This classic collection contains the stories of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, German storytellers whose fairy tales have been the inspiration for film, television, and literature for nearly two centuries.

Best-selling urban fantasy author M.D. Massey welcomes listeners back to the world of the Junkyard Druid in a brand-new short-story collection! This volume features characters from the Colin McCool series, starring in three separate novelette-length stories: "Carnival of Blood", "Serpent’s Daughter", and "The Vigil".