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| From Iceland in mid-1800s translation |
Ever Sweet
I submitted my own version of "Snow White" for a competition for "Sisters Grimm", an anthology of tales. All of the anthology is written by female authors and will be published as a Ubook. This should be released around Halloween this year.
My submission, "Dark and Light, Black and White", was not accepted (Oh, well). It is a tale of darkness and evil, where Snow White has to be more than a pretty girl singing in the glades.
In the coming two weeks, I'll be posting this in four chapters. I sure hope that you'll stick with the chapters, as some are gruesome in the battle of good versus evil.
Snow White "kicks butt", as recent generations say.
Chapter one: Dark and Light, Black Soul and White Heart, Oct. 17
Chapter two: Dark and Light, Where Lies the Night, Oct. 19
Chapter three: Dark and Light, Finally the Night, Oct. 24
Chapter four: Dark and Light, Gone the Night, Oct. 31
Oh boy! I am ready.
ReplyDeleteI really hope you can enjoy it.
DeleteLooking forward to reading those:)
ReplyDeleteMy version is dark with Snow drawing on more than she would have normally.
DeleteSounds like an appropriate story to post in October, the month of Halloween!
ReplyDeleteIt seemed so for me.
DeleteSorry you didn't make the cut but look forward to reading it.
ReplyDeleteMy submission was way too long. It was liked but it had too many words.
DeleteWe need more Snow Whites to kick back. The world is a dark place and princes are hard to come across these days (or ever). I look forward to reading about the other side of fairy tales.
ReplyDeleteSnow White has some mad skills in this version.
DeleteWhen I was in high school, the European history teacher did a unit on fairy tales. I did not take the class, but it got around how brutal all those stories were in the original.
ReplyDeleteThe truth will out when it comes to fairy tales.
DeleteOh boy....can't wait.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear it!
DeleteThe real tales sure wouldn't pass for Disney. Should be fun when you give the chapters a run.
ReplyDeleteNo, Disney had to go light for this.
DeleteThe original stories were very gruesome, and i know yours will be quite inventive.
ReplyDeleteBoy, these tales must have scared children. Reality was harsher then.
DeleteBummer that it got declined. I hope you'll resubmit elsewhere, even after you publish here. :) Looking forward to reading your writing!
ReplyDeletethanks! Kinda nervous, as this writing genre is so different from me, but not.
DeleteI am a nerd.
I guess a dark Snow White has its place, but I am partial to the Disney style story. But I can get into anything done well whether it be dark or light.
ReplyDeleteArlee Bird
Tossing It Out
Snow White faces down evil. I hope you can see this as well done.
DeleteBrothers Grimm used to scare me as a child. H.C. Andersen too. Thinking back, my generation grew up with some pretty gruesome tales. Don't think it did us any harm, but still. I am looking forward to reading your tales.
ReplyDeleteIn fairy tales, good and evil were always at battle. Sometimes one won and sometimes the other did. I promise that good will win. Spoiler alert.
DeleteI'll be watching for it
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear that.
DeleteThank you for coming by.
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