(Tin House via AP) This cover image released by Tin House shows “Sour Cherry” by Natalia Theodoridou. (Tin House via AP) The ...

Jason Treat, NGM STAFF. art: SAM FALCONER. Sources: Sara Graça da Silva, Institute for the Study of Literature and Tradition (IELT), New University of Lisbon, Portugal; Jamie Tehrani, Durham ...

Fairy stories are imaginary tales set in fantastical lands. Take these ducks for example. Well, the name 'fairy story' might make you think that the story would be about fairies and nothing else.

There is a current trend in both movies and books these days to re-imagine classic fairy stories that we love ... Pullman retold a string of classic tales in his bestseller Grimm Tales For Young ...

This cover image released by Tin House shows "Sour Cherry" by Natalia Theodoridou. (Tin House via AP) It’s a story within a story of a fairy tale ... references to other tales are littered ...

The modern fairy tale is a tricky thing ... Further thickening the haze, references to other tales are littered about, whether they be repurposed snatches of Greek myths and urban legends ...