You know, the people who write “they lived happily ever after” aren’t the people living the ever after.
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Tish Black is the author of the fairy tale-inspired short story collection Ebony, Blood, and Snow and a film programmer at IFFO where she hosts the screening series The Gaze.
Tiny Tales
You know, the people who write “they lived happily ever after” aren’t the people living the ever after.
Read MoreDetermined to find freedom above ground, the goblin ran up the stairs.
Read MoreTrees move and feel very slowly; a girl lives life fast.
Read MoreThat was the way it always was. Black sheep on one side; white sheep on the other.
Read MoreLong ago and far away, there was a woman with an open heart.
Read MoreThere once lived a family on a small island in the middle of the ocean.
Read MoreMy Dearest Eloise,
I have made the most incredible discovery of my life and you are the only one with whom I wish to share.
Once upon a time there were seven sisters.
Read MoreOnce, in a dangerous land far away, a woman, pregnant with a terrible man’s child, was taken in by a travelling coven of witches.
Read MoreThis story is, like all good stories, about the one who stood out from the crowd.
Read MoreLong ago, when the Earth was young, there were only the Ancients inhabiting the Earth.
Read MoreOnce upon a time, or maybe yesterday, a woman stood wringing her hands.
Read MoreDeep in the forest
I lost my way
The sun began to set
Alone and afraid
A long time ago, when people looked up into the night sky, all they saw were stars.
Read MoreIn the shallow waters where the coral grow, live the reef mermaids.
Read MoreThere once was a girl who cried tears of silver. She was married to a terrible man who made her cry everyday so that he could collect her tears and trade the silver for goods.
Read MoreIn a land far away, or maybe very close, there lived three fox families. The Family Black, the Family White, and the Family Red.
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