Contributors

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Madison McSweeney writes horror and dark fantasy from Ottawa, Ontario.SheistheauthorofthehorrorcomedyTheDoomThatCame to Mellonville (Filthy Loot), the folk horror novelette The Forest Dreams With Teeth (Demain Publishing), and the gothic poetry chapbook Fringewood (Alien Buddha Press). She blogs at www.madisonmcsweeney.comandtweetsfrom@MMcSw13.

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Brittani Jenee' Cal is a multiracial writer of Black, Japanese, and Scottish-Irish descent. Her fiction and poetry are inspired by fairy talesandfolklorefromaroundtheworld.Whenhermusesareplaying hard to get, she enjoys forest bathing, birdwatching, and stargazing. ShecurrentlylivesinOkinawa,Japan.

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A folktale from Cornwall from Legend Land Vol 1 (1922) retold by Lyonesse.

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Marcia A. Sherman writes alternative fairy tales, folklore, and mythology. Other works include a children’s picture book The Splendid, Blended Family and essays for Llewellyn Worldwide. Marcia is currently compiling her fiction for a book and continues workonhernovelofaWiccanfamilysetinthedistantfuture.

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From Poems Chiefly Lyrical (1830)byAlfredLordTennyson

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Fairy Tale Anthologies From and Kate Wolford