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Hello Enchanted Friends: I can’t believe that we are publishing a real digital issue of The Fairy Tale Magazine. After 15 years using fairytalemagazine.com as our address, we’re finally a true magazine! I was on this journey by myself for many years (although some terrific writers occasionally helped me along the way). Some years, I would have to run stories and poems months after they were supposed to because I was teaching full time, so, to be honest, when we were Enchanted Conversation, the publication was frequently on life support. Then I retired, and by then I had met Amanda Bergloff. I was burned out on fairy tales, and Amanda took EC over for a while. But as luck would have it, I began EC,to took a while. as luck wouldEventually, have it, I Amanda came back too, and have it,toImiss began miss EC EC,over andfor back to myBut hands it came. began to this new beginning began to take shape. that’s when This issue is the result of building community—at first between me and Amanda; then the many friends and supporters who had stuck with EC over the years began to form a bigger community with us through Zoom meetings. Kelly Jarvis also came along, and her talent, kindness and work ethic made everything better. Last year we decided to change our name (I was so sick of writing “Enchanted Conversation”!), and here we are. Much like “The Brave Little Tailor,” FTM is the result of us working despite formidable odds. After all, we are tiny and the internet is absurdly vast. Like the tailor, we’ve needed bravado and creativity to pull this caper off, and I think we’ve created an impressive first issue. You’ll see fabulous art and read stories and poems inspired by Greek myth, Robin Hood, summertime, godparenting, classic fairy tales, and more. We’ve got interviews with noted author Theodora Goss and artist Emily Balivet, five reprints from the best of EC, and, well, just go ahead and read the magazine! Before I go, some words of thanks: First to all of you for subscribing and taking a chance on the new form of this magazine. Thanks also to the terrific authors who submitted and were chosen for this issue. Thank you to Kelly Jarvis, for her talent, friendship and willingness to help us for free so much of the time. Enormous thanks to Amanda Bergloff, whose creativity, talent, prodigious work ethic, and a willingness to work for far too little money made this issue the gorgeous sight you’re about to dive into. She is a true friend as well. And then there’s Todd, my husband. His unstinting willingness to fund this magazine for over 15 years shows a level of love and support that make him so much more than a fairy tale prince. In large ways and small, every good thing that has happened in my adult life has come thanks to my decision to marry him almost 40 years ago. May you find this issue as enchanting as can be.
Kate Wolford Editor / Publisher
P.S: Don’t forget to read the serialized novel Glass and Feathers, by Lissa Sloan. You’ve received four segments, and this Cinderella story is like nothing you’ve read before! So check your email for it. 3
