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“Christian and Walter” by Raphael Howard

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Once upon a time (well, in the middle of the 19th century) there was a storyteller called Christian. Every week, he would go into the town centre and tell his latest tales. Audience members would applaud and pay him with plenty of gold and silver coins, but the main thing Christian loved was being able to share his stories with the public. Tales of toy soldiers and jumping fleas, talking candles and lonely giants. Some ended happily, many ended sadly, but most were somewhere in the middle. Christian especially enjoyed stories where his...

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“A Visionary Character” by Ana Perez

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Astounding. That is what Elijah Carter would consider his books. It was a very bold choice of him to parade so much about his book when, it had just come out and people had not yet expressed their opinion. But indeed, the books were astonishing. He would select a classic fairy tale, such as Cinderella, or Snow White, and he would add a twist that would make it very pleasant to read. Whether it was Hansel and Gretel in a dystopian setting, or Sleeping Beauty in a modern high school atmosphere, he always found a way to hook people. Carter woul...

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“Neil, the Story (Re)Teller” by Mariana Del Rosal

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NOTE: All of the following is part of my imagination; please take it only as a humble tribute to one of my favorite writers of all times, because little of this is based on his actual life.In the cold winter of 1960 in Portchester, his mother began reading him fairy tales even before he could raise his little head. It felt magical for the baby despite the fact he didn’t understand the words. Newborn Neil would struggle to keep his little brown eyes open because he knew the lovely voice would fade if he fell asleep. Yet, the fairy tales conti...

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“The Book on the Shelf” by Beth White

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Riley walked along the rocky beach in the quiet late afternoon. The only sound was the ocean lapping at her feet. It was still chilly on the cape, but she had been raised there by her grandmother. The cold didn’t bother her. The blissful silence was interrupted by ringing. It wouldn’t stop and was getting louder and louder. “What is that?” she asked aloud as she lifted her head from her desk. It was early morning light steamed in the window. Through bleary eyes she stared at her cell phone. Thr...

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“Escape reality, embrace the fallacy” by Ella Salem

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Naturally I’m a cynic. The world is a dark, cruel place and anyone who hasn’t realized that has their head in the sand. I’ve gotten through my miserable life by writing stories of fairy tales. I write these stories to escape the truth of what life really is. It is how I’ve made my living, and I’ve been told that my stories are a true inspiration for so many. It’s made them believe in the power of friendship and the validity of true love. But they don’t realize that it’s all a lie. It’s nothing but a fable, a way to enter a different world to...

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“Finding Nora: The Forgotten Fairy Godmother” by Elizabeth Bird

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If you’ve never heard of Leonora Blanche Alleyne, you’re surely not alone. But you will be richer for knowing her and the magic she cast. So stay a moment, and hear my tale of Nora, the neglected godmother of an enchanted world. Like me, perhaps your first taste of this world was The Blue Fairy Book, which in 1889 introduced generations to Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Beauty and the Beast, Hansel and Gretel and over 30 more. Or maybe it was the Red Fairy Book, from which you became acquainted with Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, or...

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“Persuing The Pipes” by Conor Thackray

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It was a miserable wet October night in 1301 when a cripple trudged his way into the market town of Durschtuck. He walked with a cane, and his feet squelched in the mud with an uneven rhythm. The watchman saw his shape on the road and raised a hooded lantern to turn its beam on the approaching figure. “Hallo!” He called out as the visitor squelched toward him. “Who comes?” The stranger raised his face, but its features were unclear in the deluge. He was tall and tried to walk with a straight back but even his long travel cloak could not disg...

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“Perfect Imperfections” by Bridger Kripke

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Quillon Kaley was supposed to be a bright, caring, open-hearted person. And she was, maybe just a different version. Because she had a secret. And this secret would bring her down, make her hide away alone in her apartment with nothing but a pen and a stack of paper. From age 14, Quillon had loved writing. Before that, her dyslexia had slowed her down in her class. She was known as the mostly silent, introverted, terrible handwriting girl. Even Quillon's best friend, Chloe, had deserted her like a bumblebee finally leaving a dying flower. ...

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“Mnemosyne, the Count, and the House On the Sea” by Metaxia Tzimouli

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Mnemosyne loves to dream. Her dreams love her too, so much, that they carry onto the light. Mnemosyne sometimes believes the images she dreams of she can see them appear before her. “Mama, look at that house on the island”. The house rises before them, on a patch of green rock, as if the sea had birthed it. It was of Victorian Gothic architecture, white, stretched onto three-wide floors, with a small window on top. The attic. That’s where I will keep all my books. Mnemosyne thinks but she has no time to give voice to her thought; her mot...

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“Her life isn't exactly a fairy tale” by AG Ieronimo

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Christine Cheng paced the length of her sparkling fifty-metre indoor pool, breathing in the heavy chlorine smell it emanated, her heels clip-clopping against the concrete floor. Her advisor, Catalina Carrillo stepped in, a concerned look on her face. “Are you okay Christine? You’ve been pacing for hours, surely you can sit down now.” Christine sighed and stepped out of the double-doored entrance of the pool, gratefully accepting the seat Catalina held out for her. She cradled her head in her hands and exhaled slowly. She was just so stresse...

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“Galene” by Lyn VJ Bennett Wilson

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TRIGGER WARNING: Stalking, and obsessional thinking are described in this story. Galene stood at the edge of the waterfall, crystalline tears falling from her eyes. For the second time in as many days, the merchant boat captain had been by, yelling horrible things at her. He said things that no real human male would say to any woman, let alone a woman of her status. He was crude and insulting. The words felt like a dagger to her heart. One of the 50 daughters of Nereus and sister-in-law to Poseidon, Galene was the Nereid ...

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“A re-telling gone horribly wrong...” by Talking Bushes

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I was the young king of my own fairytale-retelling now, and my queen was coming to kill me!It was not always the case, though.Before all of this had happened, I remembered being on my laptop, reading negative reviews and hate comments I had gathered throughout the years. Fun times! Reading the words of snobs who think they were saying something you didn’t already know really helped keep the writer’s blocks away.Truth be told, they weren’t saying anything but the obvious to me. I knew that all the logical flaws that supposedly inspired my wri...

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“The Fable-Teller” by Nicole Hadlow

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Delphi, Ancient Greece, 564 B.C.They sat in the cool shadows cast by the Temple of Apollo and allowed themselves to rest. It had been many weeks since they had left their home, and like every day that came before, the boy was tired. “Wait here,” was the command from his father, a gem merchant from the island of Samos. Seeking water and food, the older man disappeared among the throngs of townspeople milling about the market stalls that fringed the temple. With a thirst that threatened to overcome him, the small boy distracted himself by pick...

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“The Visionary Author ” by Madie L

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Old John Davis sat at his computer every day, where incredible worlds poured from his head. His wrinkled fingers danced quickly over the keyboard and his grey hair flopped over his face. His wife used to always ask him if he could even see the screen in front of him, and most likely he couldn't. But it also didn't really matter. The words he wrote created a movie-like picture, flowing through the pages. The words themselves didn't matter, more the story he was telling. John would often get letters, detailing the gratefulness of a nation obs...

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“She Lives in a Tree Now” by Theresa Anna

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She lives in a tree now. It’s the only place left where she can get some peace and quiet. The windows of the little houses in the neighborhood wink and blink and flutter at her, their blinds opening and closing every time she walks past. Every time she bikes by. She is never alone. Even after Jed left and she thought she was going to have long silent hours to write, long hours alone with the noise in her head, with the words cramping her hand as she tried to keep up with her imagination. The words making her fingers stiff with pr...

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Write about an author famous for their fairy tale retellings.

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✍️ 73 stories

“Christian and Walter” by Raphael Howard

“A Visionary Character” by Ana Perez

“Neil, the Story (Re)Teller” by Mariana Del Rosal

“The Book on the Shelf” by Beth White

“Escape reality, embrace the fallacy” by Ella Salem

“Finding Nora: The Forgotten Fairy Godmother” by Elizabeth Bird

“Persuing The Pipes” by Conor Thackray

“Perfect Imperfections” by Bridger Kripke

“Mnemosyne, the Count, and the House On the Sea” by Metaxia Tzimouli

“Her life isn't exactly a fairy tale” by AG Ieronimo

“Galene” by Lyn VJ Bennett Wilson

“A re-telling gone horribly wrong...” by Talking Bushes

“The Fable-Teller” by Nicole Hadlow

“The Visionary Author ” by Madie L

“She Lives in a Tree Now” by Theresa Anna

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Write a cautionary fable about someone who always lies.

Write a story about an ordinary person speaking truth to power.

Write about a prince or princess who is asked to give up something valuable as part of a deal to escape the world they come from.

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