The castle‘s grand feast hall had a magnificent flagstone floor, made of sleek gray stones from distant mines. The floor was regal and stately, fit for a king.
Snow White loathed that floor.
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The last notes of a pop song faded out over the movie credits, and the real world re-formed itself around Brendan.
In place of a happily-ever-after kingdom of flowers and birds and kings and queens, there was a small, cold cubicle of a room, bare and icy white.
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Morning sunlight waved a cheery hello on the papered walls of an equally cheery bedroom. It had rained overnight, a proper rain—hard with big droplets—and the day came fresh scrubbed and eager.
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Somewhere in Never Land . . .
“Wait, did we look over by the Troll Bridge?”
“. . . We did?”
“What about the Tonal Spring?”
“And the beaches around the Shimmering Sea?”
The asker of these questions was a slender young man of indeterminate age—though perhaps if an observer looked him dead in the face she would notice the last pockets of baby fat plumping his cheeks just above the cheekbones.
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In the foothills of the Ibrian Mountains…
Cahe Vehswo was in the field repairing a wooden fence. It was less to keep the wolves out than to keep the stupid sheep in, where the only slightly smarter child-shepherds could watch them.
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Once upon a time in a faraway land, a young prince lived in a shining castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the Prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind.
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A dragon was dead.
A giant black and purple fire-breathing dragon from the very pits of hell itself was dead somewhere outside the castle. Thorns were falling from the battlements like rain, making curiously pleasant wooden sounds on the grounds of the bailey.
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A high white moon cast its light on the city below as brightly as the sun was said to shine in northern countries. White mud-brick buildings gleamed like pebbles from a faraway beach.
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What if it was Ellie who went UP to Paradise Falls? Coming April 2026 🏠🎈
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Sleeping Beauty Retellings 💤
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