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**Christopher Courtley** @christophercourtley@indieauthors.social · 6h

Christopher Courtley @christophercourtley@indieauthors.social

In honour of #NationalUnicornDay have my original #fairytale collection #eBook "Gift of the #Unicorn" for #FREE from #Smashwords with coupon code PA65L for the next 24 hours! https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1661869 #bookstodon #indiebooks #ebooks #fantasybooks #fairytales #unicorns

SmashwordsGift of the UnicornSix original fairy tales make up this enchanting collection, five of which have never before been published. Each of these timeless tales illustrates what happens when hapless mortals blunder into the perilous realms of Faerie, but that's about all they have in common.

**Coreyartus Imagery** @Coreyartus@mindly.social · 10h

10h

Coreyartus Imagery @Coreyartus@mindly.social

Got this done on my livestream yesterday.

Artist Links: https://coreyartusimageryinfo.carrd.co/

Heavily stylized art nouveau illustration alluding to the story of Rapunzel. Image features textures, oranges, golds, browns and some grays.

#art #illustration #MastoArt

**mirrorsmoke** @mirrorsmoke@mastodon.social · 2d

mirrorsmoke @mirrorsmoke@mastodon.social

#shortreads https://racingadviser.com/2025/01/02/prince-charming-the-golden-goose/
#fantasy #humor #fairytale

**mirrorsmoke** @mirrorsmoke@mastodon.social · 3d

mirrorsmoke @mirrorsmoke@mastodon.social

#shortreads https://racingadviser.com/2024/12/29/prince-charming-the-old-woman-in-the-shoe/ #humor #fantasy #fairytale

**mirrorsmoke** @mirrorsmoke@mastodon.social · Apr 2

Apr 2

mirrorsmoke @mirrorsmoke@mastodon.social

#shortreads https://racingadviser.com/2025/02/20/the-warlock-part-iii/ #humor #fantasy #fairytale #princecharming

**Coreyartus Imagery** @Coreyartus@mindly.social · Apr 1

Apr 1

Coreyartus Imagery @Coreyartus@mindly.social

Going live today, starting a new image in Procreate based on Rapunzel!

1-4:00pm PDT (UTC-7)

I’ll be on MakerTube: https://makertube.net/w/ww2zPQGGtEL5qSWxjAYNnd?autoplay=1

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/coreyartus

and Moonbeam: https://www.moonbeam.stream/Continuum

Come join me for soft music, a pot of tea, and a chill vibe. Lurkers welcome!

Promotional image featuring a balding man in glasses, and blurry textured background, and times with URLs for various platforms for livestreaming.

#livestream #artstream #Procreate

**mirrorsmoke** @mirrorsmoke@mastodon.social · Mar 31

Mar 31

mirrorsmoke @mirrorsmoke@mastodon.social

#shortreads
https://racingadviser.com/2025/02/11/prince-charming-the-pirates/
#fantasy #humor #fairytale

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**Assoc for Scottish Literature** @scotlit@mastodon.scot · Mar 31

Mar 31

Assoc for Scottish Literature @scotlit@mastodon.scot

Free ebook editions of Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books, & a linked index to all the stories in all twelve volumes, are available to download from @gutenberg_org

@bookstodon

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30580

Project GutenbergThe Fairy Books of Andrew Lang by Andrew LangFree kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury

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**Assoc for Scottish Literature** @scotlit@mastodon.scot · Mar 31

Mar 31

Assoc for Scottish Literature @scotlit@mastodon.scot

“The taste of the world, which has veered so often, is constant enough to fairy tales… we are still repeating to the boys and girls of each generation the stories that were old before Homer sang…”

—from Andrew Lang’s Introduction to THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK (1889)

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https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Blue_Fairy_Book

A first edition copy of THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK, edited by Andrew Lang (Longmans, Green & Co., 1889). The original blue cloth cover is stamped in gilt on the front and spine. The front cover shows a silhouette of a witch riding on a broom across a sky spangled with stars. A full moon, crossed by wisps of cloud, is in the top right corner.

The spine reads

THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK

ANDREW LANG

LONGMANS AND CO.

There is an illustration at the bottom, of a giant looming over a smaller figure.

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury

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**Assoc for Scottish Literature** @scotlit@mastodon.scot · Mar 31

Mar 31

Assoc for Scottish Literature @scotlit@mastodon.scot

“I have three extra physical sets and I travel with an ebook version of them in my iPad. These stories started their journey with me when I was very young.”

—Guillermo del Toro on Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books

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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/10/guillermo-del-toro-the-books-tv-film-and-music-that-brought-me-to-crimson-peak

The Guardian · Oct 10, 2015Guillermo del Toro: the books, TV, films and music that brought me to Crimson PeakBy Guardian staff reporter

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury

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**Assoc for Scottish Literature** @scotlit@mastodon.scot · Mar 31

Mar 31

Assoc for Scottish Literature @scotlit@mastodon.scot

“To me, Lang himself is a hero of literature. Besides being the champion of Robert Louis Stevenson & Haggard, he was the first critic to produce a study of Kipling’s work, found a publisher for the young Arthur Conan Doyle’s first major novel… & repeatedly informed the English that Mark Twain was one of the world’s great writers”

—Michael Dirda on Andrew Lang, in the Washington Post

3/6

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/more-than-a-century-later-the-wonderful-work-of-andrew-lang-holds-up-remarkably-well/2020/08/12/4bff860e-dc07-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html

The Washington Post · Aug 12, 2020More than a century later, the wonderful work of Andrew Lang holds up remarkably wellBy Michael Dirda

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury

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**Assoc for Scottish Literature** @scotlit@mastodon.scot · Mar 31

Mar 31

Assoc for Scottish Literature @scotlit@mastodon.scot

“His own fairy narratives, however, and their success in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain, suggest… that fairies persist, & become figures of fascination in this period, not because they offer an escape into the past, but because they speak powerfully, if indirectly, about present concerns”

—Andrew Teverson on Andrew Lang & the Fairies

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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2016/12/a-shy-and-fugitive-people-andrew-lang-and-the-fairies/

The Bottle Imp · Dec 1, 2016'A Shy and Fugitive People': Andrew Lang and the Fairies - The Bottle ImpFor Andrew Lang, the realm of fairy land was synonymous with escape. Writing in The New Princeton Review in 1888, the same year in which he assembled his authoritative edition of Perrault’s fairy tales and completed his own novel about fairy abduction The Gold of Fairnilee, Lang lamented the insistence in modern writing upon the ‘ugly, manly face […]

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury

**Assoc for Scottish Literature** @scotlit@mastodon.scot · Mar 31

Mar 31

Assoc for Scottish Literature @scotlit@mastodon.scot

Andrew Lang (1844–1912) was born #OTD, 31 March. An extraordinarily prolific anthropologist, writer & literary critic, he is best remembered today for collecting & editing fairy stories from around the world

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https://universityofglasgowlibrary.wordpress.com/2016/05/20/the-man-of-letters-in-fairyland-andrew-lang/

University of Glasgow Library Blog · May 20, 2016The Man of Letters in Fairyland: Andrew LangNineteenth-century Scottish writer Andrew Lang (1844-1912) could be described using various different labels: folklorist, anthropologist, historian, critic, poet, and translator. His name recurs in…

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury

**Kieran Freemantle** @KIeran_Freemantle@mastodon.social · Mar 28

Mar 28

Kieran Freemantle @KIeran_Freemantle@mastodon.social

My review of the #SnowWhiteRemake

#SnowWhite #SnowWhiteRemake #SnowWhite2025 #RachelZegler #Disney #musical #fairytale #remake #film #filmreview

https://popculturemaniacs.com/snow-white-review/

Pop Culture Maniacs · Mar 28Snow White Review - Pop Culture ManiacsSnow White is forced to go on the run from the Evil Queen and befriends seven wood dwelling dwarfs in the Disney remake.

**Pop Culture Maniacs** @popculturemaniacs@mastodon.social · Mar 28

Mar 28

Pop Culture Maniacs @popculturemaniacs@mastodon.social

Snow White Review

#SnowWhite #SnowWhite2025 #SnowWhiteRemake #Disney #RachelZegler #musical #remake #fairytale #film #filmreview

https://popculturemaniacs.com/snow-white-review/

Pop Culture Maniacs · Mar 28Snow White Review - Pop Culture ManiacsSnow White is forced to go on the run from the Evil Queen and befriends seven wood dwelling dwarfs in the Disney remake.

**Bevan Thomas** @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · Mar 27

Mar 27

Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca

Gustaf Tenggren's concept art for Disney's "Snow White" (1937)

#WaltDisney #Disney #SnowWhite

**Coreyartus Imagery** @Coreyartus@mindly.social · Mar 27

Mar 27

Coreyartus Imagery @Coreyartus@mindly.social

Finished this up on my livestream yesterday. I think I had computer problems that were causing MakerTube to freak out a bit… I re-uploaded the recording, so the creation of this piece is all there now.

Here’s the speedpaint: https://makertube.net/w/2aAsvstzyV9jcEJ36ZUPnZ

And here are the two livestream recordings:

Pt 1: https://makertube.net/w/hDHkDtGCbnXf5Q7eFkaMm2
Pt 2: https://makertube.net/w/2hKfgDLc9MFD9ze6Q4JHXF

Illustration of a moment inspired by the Little Mermaid where she looks up at a ship on the surface of the water in a sunset. Bubbles surround her as she is darkly lit in shadows and water. Deep textures and layers of colors descending from golden oranges and yellows at the top through teals to dark blues and purples at the bottom. The entire image is stylized with embossed lines in the the style of Art Nouveau.

#MastoArt #Art #IndieArtist

**Claudia Zahn** @Adrenochrome@mastodon.social · Mar 27 *

Mar 27 *

Claudia Zahn @Adrenochrome@mastodon.social

... if I wrote Little Red-Cap...
#Illustration by Massimiliano Frezzato

#ALT4you a drawing showing Little Red Riding Hood watching a smiling wolf. Little Red Riding Hood tells the wolf: "Wolf, when you go to the forest be careful...there's hunters and I love you." Thanks to @djiko_iko@framapiaf.org

#Fairytale #Fairytales #GrimmBrothers

**Astrobach** @rorystarr@mstdn.social · Mar 25 *

Mar 25 *

Astrobach @rorystarr@mstdn.social

Folklore read live!

Have you ever heard of a feathered dragon?

Hear forgotten folktales LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/5UgI1cOMjOA

A storybook-style drawing of a knight in shining armour--with sword drawn and shield raised--who is advancing on a red-eyed creature breathing smoke from the shadow of a narrowing cavern. Overlaid text: The Quest for the Dragon's Feather

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller

**Emily Hare** @artbyemilyhare.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Mar 25

Mar 25

Emily Hare @artbyemilyhare.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Four creatures from my first ever book 'Strangehollow' that I funded using Kickstarter in 2017. A Brownie, Craggle, Darkling Glib and the Wiffle. Details in the ALT! #fantasyart #folklore #watercolour #creaturedesign #fairytale #artbook #magic

Mischief is the only word that can be used in regard to Brownies. They are small, they are noisy and they are the biggest show- offs you are ever likely to meet.
Naked and hairy with outrageous hair and beards, pink bottoms and sticky-out ears, they are, on the surface, seemingly harmless and rather amusing.
They live in the little holes you find in very old and very large trees and when they hear walkers they will leap out, prancing along the boughs and branches or through the grass at your feet, waving their hands and showering you with hollow compliments and absurd promises.
Their aim is to distract you from your path, then once you are so deep into the bushes that you can’t find your own way back they then claim that they can lead you back to safety. Only this is not their intention. Far more likely is that you will end up in Strangehollow swamp, stumble into psychedelic mushrooms, or be roaming lost forever. Meanwhile, the Brownies will steal anything shiny or precious from your person and make off with it.

Fairies lay eggs, those eggs hatch into caterpillars and then subsequently those wriggly wee grubs mutate into chrysalis in order to transform into their adult selves. The Craggle is the caterpillar form of the Leatherwing fairy’s lifecycle. They are not only carnivorous but more specifically, cannibals.
In order to reach chrysalis form, the Craggle must dine on its cousin, the Wiffle. It is a very ugly and unpleasant looking creature that sprouts growths out of its back which resembles fungi, helping it to blend into its favourite hunting spots. He can then ensconce himself in a ring of mushrooms and go completely unnoticed, much to the horror of the Wiffle.
He is very slow moving, however, he possesses a very long and sticky blue tongue which he uses like a frog, to shoot out and capture his blissfully unaware prey. It is just as well that the common fairy is a prolific breeder.
The Craggle takes nearly three months to reach chrysalis form in comparison to the two weeks of the Wiffle. The reason for this is due to the number of caterpillars they must eat in order to reach chrysalis stage.

The Darkling Glib is a deeply territorial creature and one which you must wish to never meet. His smile is deceiving as his intentions are most definitely malicious.
These creatures hunt in packs and can take down larger animals very easily if necessary. They are omnivorous often preying on living beasts and they work exceedingly well together to create an ambush or silently sneak up on an unsuspecting victim.

In Strangehollow, there are five distinct fairy genus: the common fairy, Tree fairy, Leatherwing, Lichen fairy and Water fairy.
All of the fairies lay eggs, but only the common fairy’s eggs have a subtle glow to them. The eggs of the common fairy can be seen on trees at night and are easily mistaken for small clusters of fireflies. These eggs need careful monitoring by the fairies to make sure they are not taken by birds, they hatch after a week of incubation. The hatchlings appear as rather beautiful and translucent caterpillars known as Wiffles - a colloquial name that was given by the forest people. They will then make their way to the forest floor in search of food. These little caterpillars must eat massive amounts of psychedelic fungi in the next two weeks in order to prepare for the chrysalis phase. These mushrooms are poisonous to all other creatures in the forest, although they have been known to be used in advanced necromancy spells.
At dusk, these little caterpillars will appear like beautiful lanterns and make short work of the fresh growth of fungi. Unfortunately, this penchant for one particular food makes them easy prey.

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