For a journal dedicated to retold fairy tales, we suppose that the first question is, "What is a fairy tale?" The simple answer is that it is a specific genre of fantasy. Some common examples are Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and East of the Sun, West of the Moon. A lot of fairy tales are folk tales passed down through generations. For a more thorough explanation, see Wikipedia.

Retold fairy tales take the traditional stories and tell them again. This is not fanfiction; the stories are retold with new characters, new styles, new time periods, or new outlooks. There are a lot of modern examples of retold fairytales, some of which you will find listed below.  However, this is not a phenomenon unique to the 21st Century; it should be remembered that the Brothers Grimm were also retelling stories that they had heard.

In association with Amazon.com, two lists of retold fairy tales, one for short stories and one for novels, have been compiled below. After these two lists is a list of texts that contain traditional fairy tales.

Short Stories

• The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch, Illustrated by Michael Martchenko
• The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka, Illustrated by Lane Smith
• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, Illustrated by Lane Smith

Novels

• Beauty by Robin McKinley
• Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
• Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
• The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey
• The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey
• The Serpent's Shadow by Mercedes Lackey
• The Gates of Sleep by Mercedes Lackey
• Phoenix and Ashes by Mercedes Lackey
• East by Edith Pattou

Traditional Fairy Tales

• The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang and others in the series
• The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm
• The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen

These are the more common traditional fairy tales, but this journal is by no means limited to them. The top two lists show a smattering of examples of their categories. If you have suggestions for short stories or novels that should be included in the first two lists or comprehensive texts that ought to appear in the third, please feel free to contact the editor at editor@longaway-farago.com.