The Fairytales Issue

F(r)iction #25: Fairytales offers an enchanting blend of folklore, fantastic magic, and mischievous fey.

In these pages, best-selling The Atlas Six trilogy author Olivie Blake crafts a social media influencer's fairytale, Wicked Lovely writer Melissa Marr invites us to the court of a monarch mouser, and fantasy-author Brenna Yovanoff takes us to the macabre Midnight Market.

Join us for fiction, poetry, and essays on famous fables, cat-kings, magic mirrors, immortal marriages, life-changing miracles, and more. As do the darkest woods, these pages hold secrets and mysteries begging to be uncovered.

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No. 25, winter 2025

The Fairytales Issue

Enter a realm of mysterious magics and clever creatures that lies just beyond the shadowy veil between town and forest, meadow and swamp, where myth and folklore come to life,…

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Editor's Note 

Editor’s Note

Words By Dani Hedlund, Art By Koby Griggs
Feature 

Once Upon a Rewrite: The Santization of Our Favorite Fairytales

Words By F(r)iction, Art By Hailey Renee Brown
Short Story 

A King of Cats Comes Home

Words By Melissa Marr, Art By Daniel Reneau
Short Story 

Mirror, Mirror

Words By Lara Ehrlich, Art By Xioanny Santiago Ortiz