The Beauty and the Beast Issue
We won't say much about this issue, because our writers have done such a fabulous job of bending, twisting, darkening, altering and uplifting the story of "Beauty and the Beast,' that we don't want to waste your time with a long introduction. So, with great pride, and in no particular order ...
Expectations, By Amanda Marlowe
Inner Smile, By Aisling Burke
Roses on Snow, By Ariel Woodruff
Like Flies on the Wall, By Gerri Leen
The Rogue Rose, By Maria Duffy
Beauty and the Book Review, By Tahlia Merrill
The Fleetness of Love, By Marie Croke
A Servant's Tale, By Megan Arkenberg
I Am a Beast, By Martin Willits Jr.
A Modern Tale of Today's Young Bell, By Brittany Roshelle Davis
Beyond the Happy Ending, By Lory Hess
Beauty, By Katrina Robinson
Linda, By Jennifer Povey
Bonita and the Hacienda, By Thea Hutcheson
Their Daughter Rose, By Allison Hunter-Frederick
The Diary of Beauty's Sister, By Samuel Valentino
Lucia's Wish, By Ben Langhinrichs
Prince of Dreams, By Katie Lovett
Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety-Jig, By Jack Nemo
The Woman, the Vase, and the Flowers, By Ben Loory
Her Father's Tale, By Paul McCloskey
The Fairy Speaks, By Easter Christopher
Manley and the Missing Link, By Shannon Anthony
Two Poems By Alexandra Seidel
Magic Kiss, By Mike Berger
The Rose Deflowered, By Sarah Stasik
Beauty and the Old Maid, By Debbie Cowens
Geese, One of the Contest Winners, By Jennifer Povey
Affective Enchantment, By John C Mannone, Another Contest Winner
Image by Adrienne Segur.
2 comments:
My all-time favorite fairy tale! I love some of these interpretations; I'm only sad I missed out on it myself!
Oh yes, and the contest! Enter me!
Beauty and the Beast is one of my all time favorite fairy tale stories that I grew up on, and I cannot wait until it comes out on DVD in November! I thought it was very interesting to see how different people interpret Beauty and the Beast in different ways. One of my favorites was the one where they share a diary of Bells sister. It is always interesting to read the person who brings evil into the story other than the parent. It is all in her perspective and it gives how she feels. In a way I seemed to think she cared more for Bella than she wants to make it out to be, but of course we are all stingy like them sometimes, especially towards our siblings. I also really like the picture in “I am a Beast”. It represents how a lot of us can feel when we feel alone and disliked. Everything around us is blurred and we are so down that we just feel like we cannot go on. Overall, I think there were great illustrations and ideas being expressed.
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