Reading of a reworking of the classic fairy tale. Dark with implied violence.

Rapunzel

Reading of Gemma Doran's short story Cinder Child, retelling Cinderella in a new way. Ysabella is given a new mother and sisters by her father who has taking to drinking to fill the void her mother's death left. She is told she must learn to love them piece by piece. She loves her step-mother and the eldest for their absences. Her love of the youngest girl grows. But as we all know there is a ball and a prince and glass slippers to come.

More of Gemma's work and similar minded people is available at http://themasterandmargaritas.blogspot.co.uk/

Cinder Child

Laura Wilson's retelling of the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. A beautiful witch sits alone in a house of thin panes of coloured candy, like glass. Waiting.

The Candied House

A sci-fi reworking of Sleeping Beauty by Ollie Howarth. Rory is haunted by terrible dreams since the incident that led to her becoming the new captain. The crew and passengers on the ship whisper it was all her fault and the whispers aren't getting any quieter....

Sleeping Beauty

A dark retelling of Beauty and the Beast by Liz Howarth. A girl in a windowless room remembers how a beautiful man saved her from her father, how kind he was how much he has changed. 

Beauty and the Beast

Some strumming possibly for a bigger project.

Anna Keville

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