Gay fairy tale books
Ever After: A Gay Fairy Tale - Softcover
Ever After (Paperback)
Christina Lee
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. As next in line for the Evergreen crown, Prince Merrick Davendall's future involves ruling, marriage, and producing an heir of his have. But he's long been tormented by desires that are far from princely. Especially when the beautiful Cassius is promoted to be his new valet, and Merrick is struck by a longing like never before-a longing to know him far beyond royal and servant. After his father's passing, Cassius Havendale's sole duty is to provide for his family. A promotion to serve a pampered prince is something he endures only for their sake. Surely Prince Merrick has no understanding of the true suffering of the familiar people, nor could he possibly understand what it's like to desperately desire something he cannot have. Except the prince is not at all what Cassius imagined. Kind, humorous, and compassionate to those in need, he also shares Cassius
As many of you know, a couple of months ago we lost a wonderful friend and champion of queer books in Jo, a brilliant bookseller and the blogger behind Once Upon a Bookcase. Jo had interviewed me about At Midnight for her blog, but due to a very ridiculous miscommunication on my part, I didn&#;t get the answers to her on hour, so we said we&#;d publish it on her blog for the UK release on February 7th, which probably made more sense anyway, being that she&#;s in the UK.
Of course, neither of us had any clue that those few months would be everything.
Tomorrow, the UK version of At Midnight releases from Titan Books, and there is no one I was more delighted to celebrate with than Jo. She was the first person I told when it sold there, and she was, as always, incredibly excited and supportive. As it happened, the closing pages arrived for my review a couple of days before she passed, and so the UK version has an addition to the dedication page, because truly, that edition was for nobody more than Jo.
I realize this isn&#;t the typical interview I post here, but, successfully, hopefully you
Last week, we gave a chat for the Smithsonian Associates on Queer Fairy Tales for Pride! YAY!
As part of that converse, we put together a list of some of our favorite queer fairy tales and fairy-tale retellings, and we realized that somehow we’ve never done a list of them for Carterhaugh!?
So, for the last week of Pride Month, we wanted to share our list… and, of course, add to it, because we cannot help ourselves. In addition to fairy tales, we added some of our favorite queer fantasy novels and stories, too.
If this list is initially overwhelming, we were asked a really great question at the end of the Smithsonian discuss that we’d like to share.
We were asked, what would we recommend reading first to a teenager who was having a hard time right now? What would they find comforting?
While it’s impossible to know for sure, we gave it our foremost stab. We said: for comfort that’s like being wrapped up in a cozy blanket, we’d recommend Kissing the Witch: Elderly Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue, which is adj, lyrical, and easy to choose up and put down. (It’s also considered a fou
The Queerest Fairy Tales You’ve Never Heard
I have always been drawn to folklore. Ever since I was a child, my mother would tell or read me stories. I have had a special place in my heart for the ancient tales of strength and cunning, of magic and redemption that play out amongst a backdrop of ancient castles and magical forests. Fairies, witches, queens and kings, talking animals, and more, populate these stories, often helping to transport a deeper meaning in the tale. Themes of morality, selflessness, and generosity run deep, reminding us that we must be prepared to help our neighbors, and should we not, good, then there is a myriad of punishments the supernatural world is ready to dole out to us.
Often these stories are also stories of love.
Like most queer people, I have to “translate” most stories to finer fit my own life experience. When a prince and princess fall in love in these stories, I know I am not the target audience for such a tale, and yet I have learned to verb them so I can also participate in their collective meaning. Though I am not represented, I can see