The Red Issue

Editor\u27s Note by Alissa Nutting The Story of Grandmother translated by Maria Tatarshort story translation Before the Red by Greg Billsshort story A Beautiful Girl, A Well Loved One by Sarah Blackmanshort story Say Goodnight Carrie by Nick Bredie and Nora Langeshort story Little Red Cap by Jennifer Calkinsshort story One Day by Lindsay Colemanpoetry An Excerpt from Soliloquies and/or otherwise on the coming of the thing on the hill that no one knows by Nik De Dominicexcerpt Tale by Molly Dowdpoetry The Practice of Obscurity by Rikki Ducornet. Foward by Alissa Nuttingseminar Requiem for a Broken Doll by Eve Gil, translated by Toshiya Kamei. short story translation What Gets Caught in the Sand by Ryan Habermeyershort story This Is a Love Story, Too by Tina May Hallshort story The Pink Scarf by Christopher Hellwigshort story The Last Doll Never Opens by Now Hollandshort story Three Poems by W. Todd Kanekopoetry Back to Blandon by Michael J. Leeshort story Read by Laura Mullenshort story Allegory with a Wolf in the Shadows by Christopher Nelsonpoetry Near-Dead Pearl by Danielle Pafundashort story Of words and warnings: red by Marthe Reedpoetry The Tale of Wooly Rocky (or How He Ruined Everything) by Rebecca Sharbaughshort story Two Poems by Lee Uptonpoetry The Little Red Light by Emily Vieyrashort story The Girl, The Wolf, and The Elderly Woman by Kellie Wellsshort story Little Red Riding Hood by Matthew Zapruderpoetry Contributor Notes Acknowledgments Announcement

The White Issue

Editor’s Note by Kate Bernheimer Auto/biography, or so I was tolde by Ivy Alvarezpoetry America’s Fairy Tale by Philip Beidlercritical essay Window by Margo Berdeshevskyshort story Variations on the Robber Bridegroom by Ann Fisher-Wirthpoetry Three Poems by Tony Friedhoffpoetry Four Poems by Arielle Greenbergpoetry The Future of Despair by Evan Harrisshort story “Bird, how beautifully you sing!” by MC Hylandpoetry Three Enter the Dark Wood by Lesley Jenikepoetry Two Poems by Kamila Lispoetry Seven Poems by Ashley McWaterspoetry The Duyong Series by Barbara Jane Reyesshort stories The Young Widow of Barcelona by Timothy Schaffertshort story The Swineherd and the Great, Illustrious Writer by Kurt Schwitters, translated by Jack Zipesshort story translation Rabbit Catcher of Kingdom Come by Kellie Wells, short story The Wizard by Dara Wiershort story Two Tales by Imants Ziedonis, translated by Bitite Vinklersshort story translation Contributor Notes Acknowledgments Announcement

The Blue Issue

Ever After by Kim Addonizioshort story Four Stories by Joshua Beckman and Matthew Rohrershort stories Appleless by Aimee Bendershort story Carrion Comfort by Mary Caponegroshort story Rapenzelus Goldilocksii by Julie Choffel poetry Girls Will Be Girl Scouts by Monica Fambrough poetry Two Poems by Sarah Hannahpoetry Hansel by Brent Hendrickspoetry Thirteen Tales by Norman Lockshort stories A Case Study of Emergency Room Procedure and Risk-Management by Hospital Staff Members in the Urban Facility by Stacey Richtershort story The White Cat by Marjorie Sandorshort story Six Prints by Kiki Smithart From Barrie to Stevenson by Donna Tarttcreative nonfiction Two Poems by Sara Veglahnpoetry Rapture by Marina Warnershort story Transcript of the Panel Discussion from “Retelling Little Red et al: Fairy Tales in Art & Literature” Gramercy Theatre, NYC by Kate Bernheimerintervie

The Aquamarine Issue

Editor\u27s Note by Kate Bernheimer Hansel by Kim Addoniziopoetry Gifts from the Sea by Naoko Awa, translated by Toshiya Kameishort story translation A Point that Flows by Dan Beachy-Quickshort story On Hair and Babies and the Goblin King by Hugh Behm-Steinbergshort story Urban Fairy Tale by Sarah C. Bellcomic Customers Who Have Bought Sleeping Beauty Have Also Bought This by Martine Bellenpoetry Five Poems by Jessica Bozekpoetry The Pulley by Kelly Braffetshort story A Brief Tour of String Quartet no. 3 by Karel Husa by John Colburnpoetry Two Poems by Ann Fisher-Wirthpoetry The Flood by Sandy Florianshort story God Bless a Girl Who Thinks Ahead by Angela Jane Fountasshort story Appendix to The Encyclopedia by Tara Goedjenshort story *of poems by Annie Guthrie, poetry Familiar by Carmen Lau short story, poetry How to Make a List by Sam Martoneshort story Salamandrine, My Kid by Joyelle McSweeneyshort story O Empress, What Primal Spark? by Bonnie Jean Michalskipoetry Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poepoetry Princeling by Natania Rosenfeldpoetry Letters, Crones Dont Worry Of by Sarah Saraicreative nonficition The Red Goblin by Amy Schraderpoetry Three Poems from Goodbye Flicker by Carmen Giménez Smithpoetry Inebriate of Air by Maya Sonenbergpoetry Excerpts from Pirate Talk or Mermelade by Terese Svobodanovel excerpt The City by Craig Morgan Teichershort story The Kingdom\u27s Good by Steve Tomasulashort story Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt? by Connie Voisinepoetry Functions and Variables and Other Tales by G.C. Waldrepshort story Acknowledgments Announcement

The Yellow Issue

Guest Editor\u27s Note by Lily Hoang Resurrection Refrains: 22 Tarot Lyrics in the Form of the Yellow Brick Road by Emily Carr, poetry The If-Tree by Betsy Cornwell, short story Fairy Tale for the Suburban Makeover by Sandra Dollerpoetry With No Fairy by Espido Freire, translated by Toshiya Kameishort story translation The Colorists by Carmen Gimènez Smithshort story The Girl in the Sky by Joshua Helmsshort story Holey Sonnets: Rapunzel by Anna Maria Hongpoetry 39.5 Celsius by Kim Hyesoon, translated by Don Mee Choipoetry translation Pinnochia from Pleasure Island by Lo Kwa Mei-enpoetry The Lemon Tree by Ben Loorypoetry Cinder by Dawn Manningpoetry Excerpt from In a House in a Woods by Peter Markusnovel excerpt A Successful Rise by Zachary Masonshort story What the Baby Tells Me by Janet McNallypoetry And That Is How They Found Me by Lincoln Michellpoetry The Hillybilly in My Pocket by Shawn Andrew Mitchellshort story Sugar Snatch by Theresa O\u27Donnellshort story A Real Cinderella Story by Ben Pelhanpoetry Josh Henderson Is Anne Boleyn by Nick Francis Pottershort story Snow White and the Seven Satellites by Shelley Puhakpoetry Yellow Once by Marthe Reedpoetry The Serpent and the Mouse by Li Sungpoetry Yellow Songs by Cetoria Tomberlinpoetry In Which Hansel Is Gretel and Gretel Is Hansel by Brandi Wellsshort story Hans Christian Andersen Dreams by Maria Xiashort story Two Poems by Changming Yuanpoetry Acknowledgments Announcement

The Lilac Issue

The Lilac Issue (2022

The Translucent Issue

ANNOTATED TABLE OF CONTENTS BENJAMIN SCHAEFER Editor\u27s Note • 17 When Kate Bernheimer and Managing Editor Joel Hans announced that the thirteenth installment of Fairy Tale Review would be The Translucent Issue, I think we were all curious to see what would emerge as the final product. It was, essentially, a break from tradition. ALICIA BONES How to Be a Vigorous and Hearty Individual Who Is Full of Life • 19 Sam received instructions from his father on his 18th birthday. His father passed on advice he himself had received from scholars and theologians, advice sure to shape his son’s direction for decades to come. BRADLEY SERGIO BRANDT Glaze & Morph • 22 I got my sugar cube. My archangel forms In a circlet of weather. My archangel gathers Plastic bottle caps left In the desert, blue snow. ROWAN HISAYO BUCHANAN Juniper • 24 The dream collectors’ truck stopped at each house on our street. There was a system: Mondays recycling, Tuesdays dreams, Wednesdays general trash. Lying on the front lawn, I could see the double-wide tires. STEPHANIE CAWLEY Mary Shelley • 27 Did you ever hear a bird, an animal, dismiss its kind? Embroidered gold, the sky, a coast with a heartbeat in it. I am this crushed vowel, this sand on the ground. GILLIAN CUMMINGS Girl Inside a Raindrop • 28 As Lily grew, she tired of this story: The bundle-laden stork that leaves a baby on the stoop to cry like a cock at break of day, rousing the house- hold from sleep. Where was Mama when the stork abandoned her to the door of night? KATHRYN DAVIS The Excursion, An Excerpt from The Silk Road • 36 In the beginning we lived on Fairmount Avenue. Our house was in a row of houses, all of them once grand. Even now you could tell how grand they’d been from the size of the windows, too big for the curtains people on the side streets put up, as well as from the fact that the houses had names like Falkenstein and Versailles and Kenilworth. JONATHAN LOUIS DUCKWORTH Practicing Falconry in a Gyre • 41 Flight feathers already plucked by gale-force friction bodies denuded the instant they leave the glove. KELLY DULANEY A New Way to Break a Body, An Essay • 42 Bare branches hang in strange angles beyond the window—they stob the screen and glass, are stark, bent, black. They stack sharp, black shadows in my lap. There has been snow; there is snow still: black and brown birds lie like black and brown cankers in it. MAJDA GAMA Reflection • 50 Back when humans made objects to be permanent, How a hand must have loved this bright mirror, At once, both tool & art form; delicate yet solid. ANN GLAVIANO Teuthida • 51 The pictures of us are gone to the storm. Mother had put the framed prints upstairs, on the bed in the master bedroom, for safe-keeping: her aunts, long-skirted, on bicycles, her grandmother in a woolen bathing suit, her father making his First Communion. JENNEVA KAYSER Citizens of the Sky & Love Song for Whoever You Become • 59 Me and the bats and the west wind flying! Each star is a window in the wall of a black city with the curtains thrown open— TAISIA KITAISKAIA Sunday Queen & Queen’s Mother & Queen’s Eulogy for Uncle • 61 Queen is free as a mite in the Lord’s mystical eyebrow, growing ears for no reason. MARIE MARANDOLA Call Me Moira, Call Me Angela • 64 The Translucent Issue Poetry Contest Winner as judged by Traci Brimhall call me Darling, darling, but I need a new name to go with the new life I’m claiming—this one’s grown tired of me. I might move to Philadelphia, to French Canada, to those postcard rocks in Arizona. SAM MEEKINGS The Feather Dress • 66 As Lily grew, she tired of this story: The bundle-laden stork that leaves a baby on the stoop to cry like a cock at break of day, rousing the house- hold from sleep. Where was Mama when the stork abandoned her to the door of night? JEFFERSON NAVICKY The Lil’ Bitty Eyeball • 69 The Lil’ Bitty Eyeball rolled the pawnshops in the Valley looking for weed. Not the kind you smoke, but the invasive kind. NAZLI PEARL Hydra • 71 Thinking again. Thoughts have their own parts and I have many thoughts. They sluice in grey veins through their heavy marbled thighs. MAURA PELLETTIERI Mother and Daughterhood • 73 Whether B-Y ever made babies, it does not matter. Whether by motherhood or another way, she came to know death, and then she knew it. It took her fleshy face in its skeletal hands and whispered its heart to her. B-Y had a heart. She was a woman. GRETCHEN STEELE PRATT He Walks Through Appalachia • 93 Up onto their porches, soft with termites and the ferny dampness. He takes a girl’s one possession, a cubic zirconium from her engagement ring, swallows it C SAMUEL REES Syren of the Ditch • 95 When smeared across windows some towns disfigure. Modern leprosaria, noseless faces on the map. This waitress, face birth-marred the wine-silk hue of a blown apart buck, drowns coffee in cups ERIKA RIER Rituals & Stories • 97 ADAM SOTO Animal Fires • 103 The Translucent Issue Prose Contest Winner as judged by Kelly Link He remembered her going off to live on an island in the gulf to study marine biology; that’s where the university was. He and his wife were fromcentralTexas—collegeislandsoundedlikeagag,buttheirdaughter had always cared very deeply about fish. ANASTASIA STELSE Ivory • 113 Here, I am stranger—ochre sand slung against bones, staining sidewalks, socks. Even brick buildings are redder from bloodied wind. CAROLINE BELLE STEWART Man Camp • 114 The men were told to keep their eyes away. New railroad men—in town just as we girls returned to girls’ school. We walked in twos or more. ELIZABETH HORNER TURNER Smalldom • 119 The year I lived in the snail shell was a private one. Not lonely, no, but for me and me alone. It was beautiful. The sun when it poured through the shell, the opaque glow—it was heaven. SARA WAINSCOTT Ocean Is Behind Her • 121 The nimbus on her head is best but I picture instead a crown of roses because my fascinations are my fascinations and I don’t fight them. KEVIN WILSON A Spirit Rising and Falling • 126 There were two brothers; they took care of each other. Their mother had died giving birth to the younger brother, left them and never came back. Their father had only a passing interest in his sons, spent most of his time in his lab working on solvents and compounds that would either ease or intensify suffering. SHELLEY WONG Winter Pineapple with Sea • 132 When the sun pierces my brick turret, I awaken with drawn-out limbs. I’m a spare dancer, dreamless in a beam of dust. RACHEL ZAVECZ # Belial • 134 SunTM sliding his sharpened pink&black tongue along the edge of the wire-wrapped dagger, “Move your phone closer so it looks more like a selfie” Contributor Notes • 14

The Green Issue

The Robot Tree and the Loss of Understanding by Brain Baldishort story Two Poems by Jeanne Marie Beaumontpoetry Inheritance by Jedediah Berryshort story Three Poems by Paula Bohincepoetry The Predicament by Wendy Brennershort story Once There Was, Once There Wasn\u27t by Ayse Papatya Bucakshort story Blue Funk by Rikki Ducornet, short story Paintings: Desirous 1–5 by Rikki Ducornetart Four Poems by Ann Jaderlund, translated by Johannes Goranssonpoetry translation No Longer: (Less to Say) by Daniel Khalastchipoetry The Tree by Stacey Levineshort story The Goose-Girl Speaks from inside The Stove: Intimate Address in Contemporary American Women’s Poetry by Cate Marvincritical essay Novella Excerpts from FLET and NYLUND by Joyelle McSweeneynovella excerpt On The Palace Steps, She Pauses by Kat Meadsshort story Walking Bird by Lydia Milletshort story Fairly Taleish by Andrew Morganpoetry The Woman Who Eats Soil by Aimee Nezhukumatathilpoetry Chapter One from FAIRYLAND, A Novel by Stacey Richternovel excerpt Four Poems from Les Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud, translated by Donna Tarttpoetry translation Finding the Lark by Carmen Giminez Smithpoetry Editor\u27s Note by Kate Bernheimer Contributor Notes Acknowledgments Announcement

The Ochre Issue

Editor\u27s Note by Joel Hans The Diamond Girl by Courtney BirdThe Ochre Issue Prose Contest Winner as judged by Brian Evenson from Apple Hill Farm by Caroline Cabrerapoetry Saving Myself (For Something) & We\u27re Actually Fabulous by Christopher Citropoetry The Rosebud Variations by Jaydn DeWaldshort story The Season of Daughters by Zachary Dossshort story Baby Bird & The Barren Wife Gives Birth to a Girl: Two Essays by Jaclyn Dwyerpoetry How Humans Use Dead Animals by Rachel Edelmanpoetry Chime by Rachel Contreni Flynnpoetry Plumpenthroat by Kristen Gleasonshort story The Clowns by Rodney Gomezpoetry Excerpt from The Willful Ignorance Project by Karen Greenvisual art Pinocchio Revisited by Laura Grothauspoetry Trackways by Kelsie Hahnshort story May Queen by Carlea Holl-Jensenshort story The Black Lodge by Coop Leepoetry How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster by Muriel Leungshort story Forestry (Parts 1-3) by Lindsay LusbyThe Ochre Issue Poetry Contest Winner as judged by Joyelle McSweeney The Old Women Who Were Skinned by Carmen Maria Machadoshort story Death\u27s Pocket Inventory by Rebecca Macijeskipoetry Fairy Tale by Christopher Nelsonpoetry Girls Underground by Marta Pelrine-Baconvisual art The Kunstkamera, St. Petersburg by Rebecca Perea-Kanepoetry Ashes by Aimee Pokwatkapoetry The Bear\u27s Wife by Rachel Richardsonshort story Excerpt from Alameda by Broc Rossellpoetry Delicate by Jasmine Sawerspoetry To Meet My Father by Cecily Schulerpoetry Family: A Fairy Tale by Ira Sukrungruangshort story The Three Bears\u27 Lesser Known Names for Goldilocks by Kim Welliverpoetry Clementine & the Cold Winter by Gabrielle Williamspoetry Sedna by Allyson Youngpoetry Contributor Note