The Fairy Tale Magazine

16/10/2025

“Readers will revel in the wisdom of trolls and other nature spirits in Ben G. Price’s fantasy novel Ogden: A Tale for the End of Time.”

Get ready for troll season with an exciting and insightful troll story! Click below to learn more! ❤️🧌

Readers will revel in the wisdom of trolls and other nature spirits in Ben G. Price’s fantasy novel Ogden: A Tale for the End of Time. The book begins with a prologue presenting language as a “Spell of Words” that creates false memories in our minds and separates us from nature. Then it launch...

15/10/2025

Looking to curl up with a scary story? You can’t go wrong with a classic! 🖤🪾

Learn more about Shirley Jackson’s “The Haunting of Hill House” in our Autumn Book Roundup: https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/post/autumn-book-roundup

15/10/2025

Apple fritters! And the recipe is guarded by a local church! It sounds like we could all be head-over-heels for this Autumn Ritual that Kelly Jarvis, our Contributing Writer, enjoys. What's one of your favorite autumn rituals?

14/10/2025

A lumberjack once outsmarted a troll by asking him to squeeze water from a stone. The lumberjack then squeezed a wheel of soft cheese and threatened the troll he would do the same to him unless the troll helped him chop down the forest! 🌳🪓🧌

📖 and 🎨 by D’Aulaires Book of Trolls

Find more troll trickery in The Fairy Tale Magazine’s upcoming Troll issue launching November 1st!

13/10/2025

Kate treats us to “Lemon Pudding with Cecelia’s Crunchy Crumble” in this week’s edition of Cinderella’s Hearth 🍋

(Note: I originally published this in a small weekly newspaper that I wrote nearly a thousand columns for over many years. I hate to see them disappear, so I’m recycling them. You’ll be seeing plenty of these going forward. This gem is from 2021, and it really is a delicious treat! We now have a...

10/10/2025

Get ready! The Troll Issue is coming... November 1st at The Fairy Tale Magazine. It is now troll season--in the best way possible!

Artwork: by Theodor Kittelsen

10/10/2025

Kick off Spooky Season with a classic! Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” features a headless horseman based on the Irish Dullahan! 🎃

Check out Kelly Jarvis’ Autumn Book roundup here: https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/post/autumn-book-roundup

09/10/2025

Cue the trumpets! Congratulations Silvatiicus Riddle for your fantastic Rhysling honor! We are thrilled for your Honorable Mention in Long Form Poetry for your poem "Medicine For The Ailing Mortal, as Told in Seven Stories" published May 1, 2024 at The Fairy Tale Magazine!

And to everyone celebrating with Silvatiicus and with us, the poem is on our blog here: https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/post/poems-by-silvatiicus-riddle You may find the perfect prescription for yourself today! The list of awardees is here: https://sfpoetry.org/wp/rhysling-award/2025-rhysling-anthology-and-award/

08/10/2025

Dress like a troll! Grace Nuth has given us an article that both answers that question and poses others: Have you ever wondered if fey beings are just as susceptible to victimization by stereotyping as humans? Grace has looped a troll tail on and shares how it feels in her article "Trollcore: Grounding Through Fashion." Find it on our blog!

"Have you ever wondered if fey beings are just as susceptible to victimization by stereotyping as humans?" https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/post/trollcore-grounding-through-fashion-by-grace-nuth

02/10/2025

It’s Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, and we have a new round up of books perfect for cozy season! 🤎🍁🎃

Autumn has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere, and with it comes The Fairy Tale Magazine’s list of spooky tales and forest reads to keep you warm as the temperatures begin to fall. Rake up our recommendations while you can!It’s always fun to begin spooky season with a classic tale, and Washingto...

01/10/2025

The Fairy Tale Magazine is proud to share our nominations for Best of the Net 2026:

Our Nominees for Poetry are:
Caroline Johnson for “Mermaid in the Garden”
Yukti Narang for “I Woke Up One Day and Found Me”
Lauren Reynolds for “Find Your Voice”
Deborah Sage for “Briar-Rose Reflects on Her Life”
Lissa Sloan for “Waiting for Perchta”

Our Nominees for Prose are:
KT Wagner for “Hobo Queen”
Jess Feder for “Life’s Little Magics”

Congratulations on your fine work and nomination! We're throwing enchanted confetti for you here at The Fairy Tale Magazine.