F(r)iction #25: Fairytales
$25.00
F(r)iction #25: Fairytales offers an enchanting blend of folklore, fantastic magic, and mischievous fey. Join us for fiction, poetry, and essays on famous fables, cat-kings, magic mirrors, immortal marriages, life-changing miracles, and more. As do the darkest woods, these pages hold secrets and mysteries begging to be uncovered.
In these pages, best-selling The Atlas Six trilogy author Olivie Blake crafts a social media influencer's fairytale, Wicked Lovely writer Melissa Marr invites us to the court of a monarch mouser, and fantasy-author Brenna Yovanoff takes us to the macabre Midnight Market. F(r)iction #25: Fairytales also features a Rashomon-style take on Snow White, a stunning suite of poems about Mamă Pădurii, a haunting exploration of Humpty Dumpty, and a new student comic memoir from Frames Comic Program alum, Eric Boylan. Plus, a community feature with CantoMundo, and so much more!
So, follow their rules, don’t take any food that the fey offer you, carefully heed their warnings, and don't miss a single page of our twenty-fifth issue. Something incredible just might be your reward...
- Editor’s Note, words by Dani Hedlund, art by Koby Griggs
- Once Upon a Rewrite: The Santization of Our Favorite Fairytales, words by F(r)iction, art by Hailey Renee Brown
- A King of Cats Comes Home, words by Melissa Marr, art by Daniel Reneau
- Mirror, Mirror, words by Lara Ehrlich, art by Xioanny Santiago Ortiz
- Three Poems, words by Kailey Tedesco, art by Tyler Champion
- My Mother is the Water, words by Lyndsie Manusos, art by Koby Griggs
- A Song of Being Left Behind, words by Annie Neugebauer, art by Shuhan Yang
- Of Curses and Stitches: Cuento De Hadas, words by Rosebud Ben-Oni, Millicent Borges Accardi, Gerardo Pacheco Matus, and Monica Rico, art by Kayla Rader
- Head of the Household, words by Kristina Ten, art by Daniel Reneau
- Mbali and the Lantern Men, words by K. A. Mulenga, art by Isabel Burke
- Headful of Stars, words by Brenna Yovanoff, art by Xioanny Santiago Ortiz
- Milagro, words by Eric Boylan, art by Leo Gómez
- The Boy Whose Name is a Lesson, words by Jane McBride, art by Reagan Paul
- Rain Rider, words by Meghan Reed, art by Braden Maxwell
- Mamă Pădurii Poetry Suite, words by Shanley Poole, art by Hailey Renee Brown
- Tuskegee Experiment on Negro Eggmen, words by Jerome Newsome, art by Braden Maxwell
- Yes, Queen, words by Olivie Blake, art by Dannie Niu
| Publication Date | November 15, 2025 |
| Page Count | 132 |
| Language | English |
| Cover | Full-colour with iridescent design accents, dimensional embossing, and a glossy protective finish |
| Interior | Full-color illustrations throughout. The sewn binding (in matching dark green thread) allows the pages to lay nearly flat |
| Paper Stock | 128gsm matte paper |
| ISSN/ISBN | 071896400724 54 |
| Dimensions | 10" x 7" x .25" / 25cm x 18cm x .64cm |
| Weight | 0.94lbs / 428g |
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