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“New Wine in Old Bottles ” by Brenda Liddy

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Write about an author famous for their fairy tale retellings. New Wine in Old Bottles Angela Carter was born in Eastbourne in 1940. She has been described as one of the most brilliant and innovative writers of the 20th century. In 1979, she published The Bloody Chamber which was a collection of subversive fairy tales. She said that, ’I am all for putting new wine in old bottles, especially if the pressure of the new wine makes the old bottles explode’. She wanted to tell the stories from a feminist point-of-view. Cha...

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“Of Spring and Silver” by Zift McZift

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Spring came with many delegates. And although these delegates were perhaps too many to count, I have grouped them into three separate categories. The first appealed to your eyes. Any child could see that the clear skies, stretched days, blooming trees and strikingly colored birds meant that winter’s harsh grip had softened into spring’s coddling embrace. The second appealed to your ears. You would know spring had arrived when the proud song of a flame breasted robin echoed through the forests before dawn. Or when you could hear young’uns run...

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“The Top 10 of Adrian Winkels” by Luca Nemeskéri

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Dear Readers, Today we celebrate the 90th birthday of Adrian Winkels. He is famous for retelling beloved fairy tales and giving them a new setting and a more detailed narrative arc. His stories would seem well-known and nostalgic and yet entirely new at the same time. Unfortunately, he passed away three years ago, but his memory and legacy will be carried on by his readers. Some would argue, that his work is only a collection of forgeries of other writers' works and he didn't make...

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“With Your Permission” by Keith B.

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“Most likely he’ll ask you a lot of questions.” Darlene says. “That’s okay.” “He’ll size you up, he’s testing the waters, you know.” “Understood. You sent him my movies, right?” “Yeah, but I don’t know if he watched them. He’s a busy guy.” “I can imagine, writers’ minds are on going.” “You should be able to relate, you wrote most of your plays.” “Seems many years ago.” “Soon you’ll be saying that about directing movies.” “Maybe. Ready?” Jean and Darlene finish their drinks and set their empty glasses on the kitchen table. They walk to the ...

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“A Trace of Diamond” by Oliver Golding

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The fits had started young. Claire Fontaine was hardly five the first time her world slipped. The doctors had suspected epilepsy, but she experienced some unique symptoms. Her body would seize, but her mind would be transported elsewhere. And she would always see the same girl. Abigail Whitcombe.The first time she saw her, Abigail was also young. But as the years passed, she witnessed Abigail come into her own as a young woman. Abigail founded her own private investigation service focused on helping fairytale characters overcome challenges. ...

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“RING AROUND THE ROSIE” by Mara Masolini

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RING AROUND THE ROSIE Giambattista Vicchi had been a writer who, however prolific____he has written hundreds of works___his fame, not to mention his existence, had not crossed the walls of the town ( city) where he was born and lived all his life. Oh, there, within the walls of his city, he was well known, and was much appreciated, indeed even celebrated. , since one day didn’t pass that he was not interviewed or invited to give his eagerly awaited opinion on the most disparate issues or matters. So he wa...

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“Happy Endings” by S K

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The old woman sighed sorrowfully and then pretended a smile which was broken in the creases that had formed on her old, frail face. Her wide blue eyes with a touch of mascara stared at the sky, the sun was beaming, its rays attacking any viewer however, Mrs. Gray didn't flinch. She stared hard at grey clouds, the sparrows flying by and the vast ocean of blue stretching above her head. She let our another sigh and brought her lips to sip the coffee, she was warming her palms with. As soon as she took a sip, the hot liquid poured itself dow...

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“Prodigies of Age” by Christopher Cayen-Cyr

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The BLOOD!The SLAUGHTER!The SUSPENSE!These will be splattered across every page as detective Martha Sevinski braves the dangers of the underground organ trafficking scene in her search of the Boston Butcher, a vicious serial killer preying on the fresh college minds of Harvard University. As the predator makes his way down the list of top ranking students to harvest their brains, Sevinski finds herself racing against the clock to uncover his secret identity and teams up with an unlikely ally in the person of her estranged husband, Dr. Ratche...

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“No Such Thing as Perfect Endings” by Sarah Bird

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Pre-order now! The long-awaited final instalment of Ellie Harper’s Midnight Flower Garden trilogy will be released on 4th May. Secrets will be revealed. Blood will be shed. Kingdoms will reunite. And the millennia-old mystery of the Midnight Flower Garden will finally be laid to rest once and for all. Pre-order your copy today! Ellie’s eyes read and re-read the placeholder text on the website. Next to the paragraph was a grey box promising title and artwork reveal soon! Too soon, if Ellie had her way. The release date was set in stone accord...

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“Who I do it for.” by Andrea Van Egmond

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‘Thank you so much for agreeing to do this interview miss Golden’ The young boy looked nervous, nervous the way she had once been nervous during her first interview. She had just published her first book, her first fairy tale retelling, a combination of ‘little red riding hood’ and ‘frau Holle’. Her publisher said it was new, fresh, and needed to be shown to the world, she had done about twenty interviews just for that story alone, but she had always hated interviews. After that first story had been published and the promotion for it was fin...

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“Lilac Dress” by Nicole Khomenko

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Lilac DressA soft breeze brings in sandalwood, black tea,sweet vanilla into the room.The soft flame of the candle falls to the side,beckoning to the cool spring,to the pink and blue and purple,and saluting the falling sun.I glance towards the dress, straps on a hanger,as the ends flutter gently with the wind.I'd dreamt of wearing that dress,feel the soft lilac on my skin and flowers entangled in my hair.I'd dreamt of it trailing round my feet,fingers grasping the cabbage hems.I'd even imagined myself living in a large cottage,light birch wal...

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“A boy called Hans” by MARIA PAPAMARGARITI

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Once upon a time, when people used to listen to the stories that the wind wanted to share with them, there was a boy born in Fionia island, in Denmark. ‘Which boy?’ and ‘Why is this boy from such an old time so special to know about?’ These are two questions that may come to mind while reading these lines. And then again there is another thought which will most probably come to your mind. ‘Oh, it’s a fairy tale. No time for fairy tales. Time is running, clock is ticking.’ ‘The wind telling stories... this is fairy tales for young, really yo...

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“Time Controller” by Niño France

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Me and Bryan was going to unfamiliar place, this place was so dark and so scary. "Bryan! Can we go home why we are here, you told me we go to an adventure." I said to Bryan, im tired and want to go home now. "Alexa, this is an adventure, shut up we're almost there." Bryan said. Okay okay okay whatever, we are in the woods now and a while ago we find an abandoned house, this house was big, so we call it mansion. "What are we doing here?" I asked Bryan. "Yes we're here, okay let's enter the house." Bryan said, he didn't answer my question. Som...

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Write about an author famous for their fairy tale retellings.

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✍️ 73 stories

“New Wine in Old Bottles ” by Brenda Liddy

“Of Spring and Silver” by Zift McZift

“The Top 10 of Adrian Winkels” by Luca Nemeskéri

“With Your Permission” by Keith B.

“A Trace of Diamond” by Oliver Golding

“RING AROUND THE ROSIE” by Mara Masolini

“Happy Endings” by S K

“Prodigies of Age” by Christopher Cayen-Cyr

“No Such Thing as Perfect Endings” by Sarah Bird

“Who I do it for.” by Andrea Van Egmond

“Lilac Dress” by Nicole Khomenko

“A boy called Hans” by MARIA PAPAMARGARITI

“Time Controller” by Niño France

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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.

Write a fairy tale about an outsider trying to fit in.

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