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Welcome to Fairy Tale Fix! A podcast for the modern maiden, clever lad, evil witch, frog prince, mischievous faerie, or what have you. Tune in every other Tuesday for fanciful tales between two friends.

What is the price of a heart that knows no bounds? In the shimmering, bittersweet world of Oscar Wilde’s "The Devoted Friend," loyalty is a beautiful garden, but manipulation is the winter frost that threatens to wither it all. This isn't just a fairy tale; it is a captivating dance of irony...

A princess with a mostly useless magical talent takes on horrible monsters, a dozen identical masked heroes, and a talking lion in a quest to save a kingdom—and herself—in this feminist fairy tale satire. “The Princess Bride meets Shrek.”—Susie Dumond, author of Bed and Breakup...

Terry Pratchett joins up with a leading folklorist to reveal the legends, myths and customs of Discworld, together with helpful hints from Planet Earth. Most of us grew up having always known when to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a...

There’s nothing magical about Linda’s life; cleaning up manure and shoveling hay as an overworked and underappreciated stable girl. But when her tiny Montana town’s very own celebrity, star bull rider Blake Lockwood, comes to visit, there is a glimmer of hope for Linda to finally meet her childhood hero. When Linda’s stepsisters, who have plans of their own for Blake, leave her stranded and covered in manure on the night of the annual barn dance, her chance to meet Blake vanishes like a puff of fairy dust.

Once upon a time, a young and innocent hero set forth on a quest. It lead him to the lair of a wicked villian, the sort of man from whom you wouldn't buy a used car. And yet, our hero did buy a used car and lived happily ever after. Which is why this is a fairy tale.

A sporting nation is only limited by its imagination. Every time this story is told it changes; something is always added, embellished or dropped from the run-on side. For more than thirty years, H.G. Nelson has been finding the poetry in the punt and humour during half-time. Now, he turns his...

In an irreverent series in the tradition of Monty Python, the bestselling authors of the Iron Druid Chronicles and Star Wars: Phasma reinvent fantasy, fairy tales, and floridly written feast scenes. “Ranks among the best of Christopher Moore and Terry Pratchett.”—Chuck Wendig “When you...

"Genre-bending and darkly comic, Grushin's fourth novel is a weird and wonderful triumph." –O, the Oprah Magazine Cinderella wants her Prince Charming dead in this sophisticated fairy-tale for the twenty-first century. Cinderella married the man of her dreams--the perfect ending she deserved...

Bicoastal buds T and B discuss hard hitting topics ranging from 90s television to treadmills, American History to heirloom tomatoes and everything in between. Nothing is off limits. Proceed with caution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Confirmed bachelor Noah Meyers thinks living his life without a partner is just fine and manages to dodge his meddling mother’s repeated attempts to fix him up. When an adorable dog named Gracie finds her way into his life and decides to play matchmaker, Noah finds his carefully constructed world is turned upside down. Will Gracie complete her mission to finally find a fairy tale happy ending for Noah and ultimately help herself find happiness, too?

Rescue Your Own Damn Self is a straight-talking, raw, and funny dissection of fairy tales, fables, rom-coms, and storybook “happily ever afters” rolled up with honest life lessons and empowering “aha” moments. When you’re not cheering “Damn right”, you’ll be ugly crying into a handful of tissues as Lori helps you realize that life isn’t all rainbows and unicorns, despite being fed a lifelong diet of unattainable role models and idiotic ideals.

In this brilliant retelling of the classic tale about the transcendent power of love, author Stephen Mitchell writes, "There are two kinds of women: those who marry princes and those who marry frogs.” While the frogs never become princes, over the course of an ordinary marriage, a prince may turn into a frog. However, Mitchell tells of a different kind of love story. This adult fairytale is the story of a meditative frog's love for a rebellious princess, how she came to love him in spite of herself, and how her refusal to compromise helped him become what he was truly meant to be.

He's been poor, rich, and mega rich. His story is probably a lot like your family's minus the living every day as a fairy tale adventure with magic beanstalks, witches, and more! The Big Bad Wolf really isn't bad. His name is Aladdin Todd Jackson, a young wolf living large whose life changed forever from the time he met the genie in the diet energy drink soda can.

Embark on a rollicking adventure to the enchanting shores of Mango Island, where dreams are as diverse as the colorful characters who inhabit it. In this uproarious contemporary tale, a motley crew of residents—from illegal Colombians to enigmatic sea captains, from a passionate French chef to affluent Iowa farmers—converge in pursuit of their American dreams. Amidst bankrupt diamond dealers and unexpected encounters with a charismatic porn star, each inhabitant of this eccentric island community finds unexpected ways to carve out their slice of paradise.

Welcome to Fairytales and Cocktails! We are best friends and roommates who love to read, and love a little adult beverage! Each week we pair a book with a mixed drink, and get a little bit tipsy as we review each book.

Manderella is a gender-bending one-act play about a lonely man-boy whose only dream is to fall in love. With the help of his Fairy Godfather, Manderella hopes to overcome the strict rules enforced by his wicked step-father and wicked step-brothers with miracles...real miracles.

Each week Keith Conrad and his menagerie of comedians, voice actors, radio folks and other misanthropes present a hard-hitting and divisive news story in the form of an adorable fairy tale.

Let us have a fair hearing at last for the Twelfth Fairy who has for so long been unjustly accused of sending the Sleeping Beauty to oblivion on her 16th birthday. The Lady Melicia never denied that she played a key part in this unhappy affair but, in her defense, has a question for her accusers: Do you really believe in fairies? In this retelling of a classic fairy tale 12 fairies confer miraculous gifts as proof of God’s existence. Things go wrong when one of the 12 turns unbeliever and declares that fairy gifts are nonsense.

This wickedly wise (and wisecracking) parody of classic fairy tales redefines happily ever after for the modern feminist era. You know what? It's super creepy to kiss a woman who is unconscious. And you know what else? The way out of poverty isn't by marrying a rich dude -- or by wearing fragile...