Of course, fairy tales have been around for as long as we've had puberty, or storytelling, or dark, wolf-infested woods. They've never quite gone out of style. But for those… ...

In its sparseness, astonishments, and cyclical twists, the fairy tale has something in common with the 20th-century European absurd, which follows funny, appalling patterns of repetition.

Link’s stories have garnered a dizzying array of labels, from Y.A. to weird fiction, slipstream to steampunk, but the one that has clung most persistently is fairy tale.

Fairy Tale Day 2021: 6 short stories to revisit, from Brothers Grimm to Angela Carter. Delve back into your childhood or discover a brand-new book with our selection of tomes .

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together Mary Ann Hoberman. Megan Tingley Books, $16.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-316-14611-1 ...

The stories concern a young hero or, less often, ... Some, but not enough, of this information is included in Warner’s short history. The origin of fairy tales. This is a pity.