Throwback Thursday: Fairies and Fan Fiction - William Gilmer

Editor’s note: I’m not sure I agree with what the writer says here, especially about the “over” status of old school fairy tales, but the post did get my attention. I think it’s interesting. It’s from 2020. KW

It’s not a stretch to call fan fiction polarizing. Its legitimacy is often questioned by self-appointed “serious” writers, even though it is one of the most prolific forms being written today. How prolific? Head over to FanFiction.net and see how many stories have been uploaded in the past day. I’ll wait.

Impressive isn’t it?

There are already mile long forum threads to show how non-productive it is to debate the validity of fan fiction, so I’m not going to throw my opinionated hat into that ring. I would rather use this space to highlight one example of fan fiction that is enjoying massive success – the modern, or fractured, fairy tale.

Not fan fiction you say? Do they utilize characters from other works in original ways? Do they explore worlds and settings created by others? Do they seek to deepen and pay homage to already existing narratives?

Sounds like fan fiction to me, and it’s thriving.

A quick internet search brings up numerous anthologies of “new” fairy tales published in the last year (After the Happily Ever After, Transmundane Press, Twisted Fairytales Anthology, Createspace Publishing, Fractured Beauty: The Fairy Tale Five, Tork Media -  just to name a few)

The 1991 movie, Hook, for example, is certainly fan fiction and was nominated for 5 Academy Awards. (we’re going to save the conversation about whether or not Peter Pan is an “actual” fairy tale for another time)

The ABC television series, Once Upon a Time, ran for 7 seasons and had an impressive list of Emmy nominations.

Both Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast have enjoyed new life with expanded live action adaptations.

So why is fan fiction being celebrated when it comes to fairy tales, and eye-rolled into obscurity when it deals with nearly any other genre?

Readers expect complete stories with well-constructed worlds and fleshed out characters.

Fan fiction usually doesn’t take the time to build worlds or characters. It relies solely on source material, and assumes that the reader has a strong understanding of the “canon” that came before it. This means that the fan fiction writer will either need to write about a literary world people are already familiar with or be content with a small readership.  

We all know fairytales. The majority of us grew up with Snow White and Little Red Riding Hood. When Once Upon a Time uses Cinderella in an episode, you already know her story. This social familiarity helps the story appeal to a much wider audience.

You might be wondering, “Well everyone knows Harry Potter, shouldn’t its fan fiction be just as popular?”

It might be, if it wasn’t for the giant elephant in the room - the dreaded copyright. Most fairy tales have been around long enough to slip into Public Domain, meaning that anyone can use the characters and settings without fear of infringement. Chances are, an author isn’t going to let a story that infringes on their copyright go far (anywhere but a web forum far), so most fan fiction that would appeal to a large audience is stopped before it even gets off the ground.

While an author can’t prevent anyone from writing fan fiction, they certainly can limit the amount of exposure a piece gets. Cease and desist letters can come quickly for the successful fan fiction writer.



Some fan fiction is written while the source material is still being expanded by the original creators, others are “officially” done, leaving fan fiction as the only way to keep these stories and alive.

Some of us sit around and wait for another visit to Hogwarts or that second season of Firefly. Others get to it themselves.

Regardless of your thoughts on fan fiction, I’m sure everyone can agree that it’s a labor of love. It comes from a place of wanting more of characters or worlds that have touched the reader in a special way.

It’s over for classic fairy tales. The originators of our Grimm favorites have been gone for hundreds of years. If we want another taste of those nostalgic stories, we have to turn to fan fiction. This void creates fertile ground for new writers to plant their own creative seeds. Fan fiction becomes more acceptable when it deals with works that can’t be expanded any other way.

It’s easy to split hairs with this topic. How exactly do you define “fan fiction” or “fairy tale”? Can Walt Disney's 1950 animated version of Cinderella be considered fan fiction, while the 2015 live action version is considered a remake?

My hope with this article was to highlight the seemingly contradictory way we enjoy, even celebrate, fan fiction’s creative borrowing. There seems to be something about fairy tales we can’t let go of, a magic that compels us to make special exemptions to get our next fix of forbidden forests, glass slippers, and fairy godmothers.

William Gilmer is a contributing editor at Enchanted Conversation Magazine and a writer and poet currently living in Michigan.
Follow him on Twitter @willwritethings 

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FAIRY TALE FOOD: The Gingerbread House by A.M. Offenwanger

Editor's Note: It's December, and it's the perfect time to make a gingerbread house! EC is pleased to showcase author A.M. Offenwanger's thoughts on fairy tales and food this month with her article that includes a recipe for a gingerbread house (originally published on her fabulous blog.)

“What came first,” my husband asked when I made this gingerbread house last year, “the pastry or the fairy tale?”

Good question. So I looked it up. According to the internet (scholarly fount of all wisdom), there isn’t any clear indication of when the first gingerbread house made its appearance on the scene of Christmas goodies, but it does seem that it was after the Grimms’ “Hansel and Gretel” became popular. Gingerbread men or other gingerbread figures for gift-giving had been around since the Middle Ages, more or less, but shaping it into a house and glueing candy on it seems to have been inspired by this lovely story of child abandonment, attempted infanticide, and cannibalism.

I have to say that that fairy tale was never one of my favorites – I prefer stories without bad guys, and this one has not only one very bad witch, but a nasty stepmother to boot. I did like Gretel’s bad-ass vanquishing of the witch, and the ending where Hansel and Gretel get home to their father and live happily ever after.

What I didn’t notice as a kid, though, was that Daddy isn’t that much of a good guy either. In fact, he’s an utter wet noodle; all his moaning and guilty conscience doesn’t make up for the fact that he lets his wife talk him into abandoning his kids in the forest. It even occurs to him that it would be better for him to share his last piece of bread with them and then starve together with them, but does he act on it? Not Mr Wet Dishrag, no. Standing up to the wife would require a backbone, and that he hasn’t got. Macbeth, indeed, has nothing on Hansel Sr.

Another thing I never knew is that originally, the Grimms told the story with the nasty wife being not the children’s stepmother, but their real, biological mother (the stepmother entered the narrative around 1843, according to Hans-Jörg Uther*). Now doesn’t that put a nice spin on the story? Your mom is feeling a bit peckish, so in order as not to starve, she sends you out into the woods to die. Oh yeah, and Daddy ties a stick to a tree that makes a tapping noise so you think your parents are still around, chopping wood, while they sneak away and leave you to your doom. You’d think the witch would come as somewhat of a welcome relief after that kind of loving home life… So that’s your tragic backstory, beforeyou even run into the cannibalistic witch with the overkill kiddie trap.

Oh yes, that trap? Grimms says specifically that the witch only built the bread house to lure children, not because it was her preferred construction material for superior country cottages. I’d call that overkill, wouldn’t you? Because, as I can tell you from experience, building a gingerbread house is a lot of work.

However, it’s also a lot of fun. Here is a relatively simple version (not cheap, because of the honey, but that does give it a great taste and texture). No windows made of spun-sugar “glass”, but hey, if you want, you can add those, too.

Incidentally, you might note there is no ginger in this “gingerbread” – there never is in German Lebkuchen. Just plenty of other spices, which were historically so expensive they were reserved for Christmas baking (and sometimes all lumped together under the term “pepper”, hence the alternative term “Pfefferkuchen” – pepper cake – for gingerbread. You might know it from “Pfeffernüsse“, the cookie).

Gingerbread House**

(this makes one large house plus several tiny ones and a bunch of gingerbread people or bears. For just a house, half the recipe will do. Imperial measurements are approximate.)

HOUSE

-1 kg (2 lbs) Honey

-250 ml (1 c) Water

bring to a boil; cool.

Mix/knead into:
-650 g (5 c) Rye Flour
-600 g (5 c) White Flour
-100 g (3 oz) each finely chopped Candied Lemon & Orange peel
-40 g (3 Tbsp) Lebkuchen-Spice (see below)***
-30 g (3 Tbsp) Baking Soda

Let rest for a few hours, up to a day or two.
For cookies or small gingerbread houses, roll out 1 cm (1/4″) thick, bake about 7-9 minutes at 400°F (200°C).

Dimensions for the large witch’s house:

Base plate, ca. 20×30 cm (8×12″), prick with fork, bake 12-18 minutes.

Roof (x2): 13×20 cm (5×8″).

House walls: (x2) 8×16 cm (3×6″); (x2) 16 cm (6″) wide with 16 cm (6″) high at the point of the gable.

Cut windows out of the side walls and a door out of one of the gable walls (can also be done immediately after baking). Bake ca. 12 min.

Make fence posts, window shutters, chimney pieces, small trees etc. out of the remaining bits of dough – maybe even a Hansel and Gretel and a witch?

Cool everything.

ICING

-500 g (1 lb) Icing Sugar

-2 Tbsp Lemon Juice

-3 Egg Whites

Mix together to thick consistency (kind of like peanut butter). If it’s too runny, add more icing sugar; if too stiff, more lemon juice or water, a teaspoonful at a time. If you want to keep it vegan, skip the egg whites and just use lemon juice.

For the house construction, you might want to trim the edges with a knife so they are straight and hold together better. Support the roof plates (prop a cup under the bottom edge) until the icing has dried a bit and they no longer slide off. When things are holding together, go to town with covering everything in icing “snow” and candies. “Icicles” at the corners of the roof can be achieved by dribbling runny icing down the edge.

***Lebkuchen-Spice (Neunerlei – Nine Spice)

Lebkuchen spice can be bought ready-mixed, but if you can’t get it, here’s my own blend that I made up from the ingredients list on the package. All the spices are ground.

Zest of 1 orange & 1 lemon
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp coriander
1/4 tsp star anise
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp mace
1/4 tsp fennel
1/2 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp cardamom

To build into full-size cottage, multiply ingredients by approximately 500. Proceed as above, but build roof out of smaller tiles and use scaffolding for construction. In case of intrusion by marauding small children, keep phone number of child welfare services on hand to report the parents for abandonment.

References:

*Hans-Jörg Uther, Handbuch zu den Kinder- und Hausmärchen der Brüder Grimm. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2013. p.13.

**recipe adapted from: Christian Teubner & Annette Wolter, Backvergnügen wie noch nie. München: Gräfe und Unzer, 1984.

A.M. Offenwanger is a writer, reader, blogger, and editor.

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BEYOND THE GLASS SLIPPER

HALLOWEEN: JACK-O'-LANTERNS by Joshua Dowidat

Editor's Note: I'm carving pumpkins this weekend leading up to All Hallow's Eve, and thought it would be fun to share a little bit about jack-o'-lanterns with this article by author, Joshua Dowidat, that was originally published on his blog.

Hello Everyone,

I wanted to address the Halloween subject of carving pumpkins or also known as Jack-o’-lanterns. It is not often we hear the term, Jack-o’-lanterns, anymore but I guess times change.

Origin of Jack-o’-lanterns :

Well before they were Jack-o’-lanterns they were called will-o’-the-wisp. At least in the old folklore’s of England and other parts of Western Europe. This started around the mid to late 1600s. The term “Jack” just replaced “Will” but they meant virtually the same thing. One was of the torch. Will of the torch, and the other of the lantern, Jack. It was based off the lighting phenomenon that occurs but the will-o’-the ‘wisp was most commonly just a torch. I know it’s confusing but it slowly grew from a standard torch, a bundle of sticks and what not, to the surrounding vessel that contained the flame.

The carvings from the pumpkins was not original either. Most often it was gourds or other small vegetables that could be hollowed out for their carving purposes and it wasn’t until later that the use of adding the flame became a common thing. The Maori people have recorded history of doing it as far back as 700 years ago. Carvings of gourds and so forth go back further in Europe with the celebration of Samhain. But like I mentioned they were not always used to contain a fire. So still they were not technically Jack-o’-lanterns yet.

Jack-o’-lanterns Purpose :

The original uses are based on many assumptions and some history. The carvings of the ghoulish creatures for faces was most often used in ways to scare people away. The day after October 31st, or Halloween, is November 1st and also known as All Saints Day. Using the carvings to symbolize the deceased, or the spirits of the deceased, was meant to be a purpose of respect. Some other cultures beliefs were that certain carvings on the pumpkins or gourds would be a means to keep evil spirits away and ward off bad karma.

Jack-o’-lanterns Today :

Well as we know, they are carved for many different reason today. Tradition, fun, competitions, decorations, and some places still use them for their beliefs or other rituals.

The carvings as we know it has changed dramatically over the years from specialized tools to the plain old simply triangle patterns for orifices. They are all still great in their own way and fun to do. So I hope everyone thinks a little about these origins and brings back the term, Jack-o’-lanterns,  a little this year and educate the young ones.

Thanks for Reading,

Joshua Crane Dowidat

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EC's Readers Choose 30 FABULOUS WITCHES

Witches...strong, powerful, independent, at times a frightening catalyst in a story, legendary, wickedly alluring, and closely associated with Halloween. Who doesn't see imagery or costumes of this iconic figure at this time of year? After all, witches and Halloween go together this month like wands and spells.

So, I asked EC's readers through Twitter, what some of their favorite witches were in literature, TV, and film, and I compiled the list below. Their 30 witchy-picks are arranged in alphabetical order instead of from best to worst, because after all, aren't all witches equally fabulous? 

Special thanks to everyone who responded!
They’re all worth checking out and following on Twitter:
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@PriyaJSridhar  @BlackKerryblick  @GuyRicketts  
@storieswriting  @crownofpetals  @S_h_e_e_n_a_   
@DebiCady  @MitchellJrArt  @celestial_chic  
@GypsySpirit4  @GerriLeen  @Carrie_A_Brown  
@LLMadridWriter  @ReligiosityPod  @AMMacapanas  
@BrakDBarbarian  @WhyDoWeBelieve  @kotnaksiazce  
@shroppiemon  @Perlalaloca  @theartistschild  
@SarahBrentyn  @Krusidull2
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Hold on to your broomsticks....
Here we go!

BABA YAGA

This slavic folktale-favorite witch with the penchant for living in spinning houses on chicken legs and flying in a large pestle, can be either terrifying or comedic. I recently wrote the forward to EC's own Kate Wolford's upcoming World Weaver Press Baba Yaga anthology about this enigmatic figure in folklore who is enjoying a pop culture resurgance. Check out the Russian film Morozko if you're unfamiliar with her. Here's a clip of Baba Yaga in action from it HERE.

BELLATRIX LESTRANGE

This weird and wonderfully bizarre witch is a double threat, since she's in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books and in the film adaptations (played to strange perfection by Helena Bonham Carter.) I've even dressed up as her a few times for Halloween. She definitely dances to her own tune with no apologies.  

CASSANDRA NIGHTINGALE

From The Good Witch TV series, Cassie is (you guessed it from the title) a good witch with unique gifts of perception and intuition that she uses in positive ways. Plus, she owns the Bell, Book, and Candle shop where I would spend all my money. 

THE ENCHANTRESS/CRONE

From Disney's animated Beauty and the Beast. Even though she only appears briefly in the film, it is her curse that puts the story in motion. Her seemingly heartless curse is the opportunity for the vain and selfish prince to grow and transform himself into something a beauty can love.

FIONA GOODE

From the TV series, American Horror Story, Fiona Goode (played by the enchantingly wicked Jessica Lange,) in season 3's Coven storyline, is the Supreme of the coven of the Salem descendants. Extremely powerful, her ultimate goal is immortality without aging...and to do it with style. After all, as she says, "I'm Fiona Goode. I'm in charge everywhere."

GEILLIS DUNCAN

Can time travel and witches go together? Yes, yes they can. Geillis Duncan from the TV series, Outlander, is a witch who isn't quite what she seems at first. A complicated woman in any time period, she knows the secrets of travelling through the stones from the future, and her cunning, intelligence, and beauty make her a fascinating witch in the past and present.

GLINDA The Witch of the South

From the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz, and also L.Frank Baum's OZ books where she is known as the Witch of the South, this good witch in the movie version had one of the most memorable, frothy, glittery pink and delicious witch costumes ever with an over-sized wand to die for. She helps heroine, Dorothy Gale, just enough (but not too much) so that Dorothy can realize her own power in the end.

EVA ERNST The Grand High Witch

What an entrance. What a witch. This powerful leader of all the witches on Earth presides over the convention where witches plot to wipe out all the children in England in Roald Dahl's book, The Witches, as well as the film of the same name. As played by Anjelica Huston in the film version, the Grand High Witch is beautiful, scary, and fierce in her witchy-attitude.

GRANNY WEATHERWAX

From Terry Pratchett's Discworld book series, Granny Weatherwax is the leader of the community of Witches in the Ramtops. She is a no nonsense witch who appreciates practicality over the bells and whistles of so-called, "magick." This witch gives people what they know they really need. Oh, and did I mention she can capture unicorns? Mic drop.

GINNY WEASLEY

Never underestimate the youngest in a family. Ginny Weasley, from the Harry Potter books and films, starts off shy but ends up becoming her own witch, bravely rising to any occasion and ultimately winning the heart of the hero with the lightning bolt scar on his forehead. 

ISABEL BIGELOW

So there's this witch who wants to try something different and live a normal life without her magical powers, but then she gets cast in a film remake of a TV series about a witch who wants to try something different and live a normal life without her magical powers. Wait...what? Isabel Bigelow (Nicole Kidman) in the film, Bewitched, shares traits with the TV version of Samantha Stephens, but Isabel is her own, independent witch who will find love with her own mortal in this show within a show premise. 

...and we'll revisit Samantha later in this list.

LILY IVORY

From Juliet Blackwell's Witchcraft Mysteries book series, is a natural born witch, skilled in brewing and botanicals. Lily owns Aunt Cora's Closet, a vintage clothing store located in San Francisco, where supernatural mischief and murder go hand in hand. A witch solving crime and vintage clothes? Yes, please!

 "MAD LORI" MacGREGOR

From the 1963 film, The 3 Lives of Thomasina, (based on the book by Paul Gallico.) This kind-hearted witch has the power to calm and cure animals. Lori (played by Susan Hampshire) saves Thomasina the cat, and through her love and kindness, this special witch makes the world around her a better place. 

LUNA LOVEGOOD

J.K. Rowling certainly knows how to create interesting witches, as Luna Lovegood is the third witch from the Harry Potter books and films to make this "Reader's Choice" list. Thought of by the other students of Hogwarts as strange, dreamy, and odd, I personally, share her passion for reading, which makes her a witch I'd like to hang with. 

MOMBI The Wicked Witch of the North

Originally introduced in L. Frank Baum's second Oz book, The Marvelous Land of Oz, Mombi is the Wicked Witch of the North. She's also the one who brought Jack Pumpkinhead to life, so whatever her complicated and up-to-no-good-in-Oz history is, at least she did that because I love Jack Pumpkinhead. 

NANCY

From the 1996 film, The Craft, Nancy (Fairuza Balk) is the ultimate Goth-girl who bonds with three other teenage outcasts to pursue witchcraft for their own gain. When high school is blended with magic, trouble follows. With her Joker-esque smile and attitude, she is one witch you would not want on your bad side.

NIGHTSHADE

This powerful witch from Terry Brooks' The Magic Kingdom of Landover book series was originally from the fairy world, but was cast out of the mists and forbidden reentry because she used her magic for greed and torture. She is one of the main antagonists to Ben Holiday, but c'mon, with a name like Nightshade, he should be expecting that.

RACHEL MORGAN

Rachel Morgan, from The Hollows book series by Kim Harrison, is a detective/bounty hunter witch who...do I even need to go on? Detective. Bounty. Hunter. Witch. Who wouldn't want to be her?

SABRINA The Teenage Witch

Starting out in Archie Comics, this teenage witch has had a couple animated shows, along with the popular 1990's TV series starring Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina. Living with her witch-aunts, Sabrina tries to get through high school as normally as a teenage witch can with magical powers and a talking black cat.

And the animated Sabrina had style and records, so she's a "win-win" in my book.

SALLY OWENS

From the film and book, Practical Magic, the quiet Sally (Sandra Bullock) is taught "practical magic" by her eccentric aunts. With her fiery sister, Gillian, they find out that the Owens family is cursed that whoever they fall in love with will meet an untimely death. But Sally is so cute and appealing I think a lot of men would take that risk.

SAMANTHA STEPHENS

Yes, we're back to the original Samantha Stephens from the late 60s-early 70s TV show, Bewitched. Elizabeth Montgomery played the beautiful nose twitching witch who traded in her pointy hat for a normal life with her husband, Darrin...if you call having magical relatives drop in and turn your husband or his ad clients into various things "normal." Even though Samantha was determined not to use magic in her suburban setting, magic still worked its way into her everyday activities. A witch is a witch after all, and that's why we loved her.

And of course, you can't have Samantha without...

The Fabulous ENDORA

Always in Samantha's corner, this witch mom encouraged her daughter to embrace who she really was. When I was younger, I wanted to be Samantha, but now that I'm older, Endora is the only way to go. Her sense of style and witchy-joie de vivre make her the one in the room that's having the most fun. I'll hang with her any day! Get out of our way, Derwood. 

LAMIA

From the film, Stardust, based on Neil Gaiman's novel of the same name, Lamia is the most powerful of three witch sisters who are members of the Lillim Coven. But does any of this matter when you can sit back and watch Michelle Pfeiffer (who plays Lamia) get her bad-witchy-self-on? Sure she's trying to eat the heart of the heroine to stay young and beautiful, but it's Michelle Pfeiffer! Let the viewing fun begin! 

THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST

She is the stuff of all kid's nightmares. This green-skinned witch (played by Margaret Hamilton) in the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz, defined what "witch" was to me growing up. With her uber-creepy flying monkey henchmen, her crackly voice, and willingness to go after Dorothy's little dog too, she is the grandmama witch that all bad ones aspire to. She scared me terribly, yet I couldn't wait to see her again in the film...and that's what makes her WITCH SUPREME in my book.

And since we've featured the OZ witches from all the other directions on the compass...here's

THE WICKED WITCH OF THE EAST: R.I.P.

Wearing striped socks with glittery ruby colored pumps? Genius. This witch's one tip: Don't fly under falling houses.

WILLOW

As Buffy's best friend in the TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Willow (Alyson Hannigan) starts out as a regular teenager, but ends up becoming a powerful witch when she develops an interest in magic to help her demon-slaying friends. Now that's what friends are for!

THE WITCH

From BBC TV's 1970's children's show, Lizzie Dripping, this witch (played by Sonia Dresdel) could only be seen or heard by Penelope...a young girl, living in the village of Little Hemlock, with a vivid imagination. With a reputation for being an imaginative liar, it was difficult for Penelope to convince others that her witch was real. But who cares who believes you- you've got a witch for a friend, girl!

The Witches of Eastwick: ALEXANDRA

She has attitude. She has style. She's blunt and sassy and encourages others to grab life by the horns. (I think I just described Cher in real-life.) That's why she's so good at playing Alexandra in the film, The Witches of Eastwick, based on the book by John Updike. I would gladly spend a night at the mansion sipping martinis with this fabulous witch!

XAYIDE

From the book, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, and film, The Neverending Story 2, as well as two spin-off cartoons, Xayide (Clarissa Burt) is an evil witch who is the source and mistress of something called, the Emptiness. While presenting a warm exterior, her true nature is cold and calculating. With her heterochromatic red and green eyes, she epitomizes the classic beautiful-but-beware-witch that deserves to be taken down a few pegs.

YUBABA

This old witch from Hayao Miyazaki's animated film, Spirited Away, runs a bathhouse in the spirit world that traps Chihiro, a girl (and her parents) from the mortal world. Yubaba is a selfish, greedy witch, but she indirectly helps Chihiro mature through a series of different conflicts that Chihiro must solve which eventually leads to Yubaba letting the girl and her parents return to their own world. This interesting witch actually shares a lot of traits with the first witch on this list, Baba Yaga, as antagonist/helper, so now we've come full circle!

These are just a few of the many fabulous witches throughout literature, TV, and film for you to check out if you haven't heard of them before. We hope you enjoyed our reader's eclectic choices and please share your favorite witch in the comments section below.

EC's editor-in-chief, Amanda Bergloff, writes modern fairy tales, folktales, and speculative fiction. Her work has appeared in various anthologies, including Frozen Fairy Tales, After the Happily Ever After, and Uncommon Pet Tales.

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