Fractured Fantasy: Urban Fairy Tales - Paperback

by Sarina Dorie (Author)

Fractured fairy tales for the modern reader
Step into fantasy and lose yourself in this laugh out loud collection of short stories. These fractured fairy tales are filled with goblins, kelpies, witches, and tree spirits.

These stories include:

My Little Kelpie

A changeling child who must embrace her fairy nature to save children from a kelpie in an urban setting.

The Goblin King's Secretary

The greatest secretary in all the land has been kidnapped by the goblin king and must outwit her goblin boss to free herself from his enslavement.

The Forest Lord

A mortal woman running away from her own personal demons stumbles upon a real "demon"-a mythological green man who she tries to help.

Lullaby for the Trees

A story based on Eastern European lore of vila and leshi whom try to fight their nature and fit into this modern world.

And more

These short stories are comparable to Laini Taylor's Lips Touch: Three Times, and the television shows Once Upon a Time, and the movie Labyrinth. They use fairy tale lore and folktales in modern adaptions. Transport yourself into these urban fairy tales in urban and contemporary settings.