“…if the queen’s love for her dear daughter was as the corn is for the sun, the king’s love was beyond compare.”
-Beloved Gemma
Once upon a time…
… things were going badly. Princes were vanishing; children were at odds with their parents; lovers were lost at sea, and a baffled maiden had three virtually identical suitors.
There was a Ponzi scam to be thwarted; three awful lechers to be outwitted; a jaded Prince Charming in need of invigoration. And, what to do about those feuding neighbors who’re battling it out?
In 30, all-new stories, you’ll meet fairy-tale characters facing issues as common today as they were then, and the mysterious old woman who tries to help—whether through her “black arts” or practical wisdom, it’s often hard to tell.
Travel to a not-so-distant time when trickery, tough love…and even a little magic could shake things up.
Travel to a not-so-distant time when trickery, tough love…and even a little magic could shake things up.
“What an unexpected pleasure. J. D. Jahn’s paradigm of fairy tales and today’s difficult realities blends what was and what “is” in a prescient prediction for our future.”
Laura ClaridgeThe Lady With the Borzoi, Blanche Knopf: Literary Tastemaker
(Farrar, Straus & and Giroux)
“A timely triumph; a tour through an era with much to glean for these, unprecedented present days.”
Aaron J. RoeSaints & Martyrs
(Atmosphere Press)