When we were kids, "fairy tales" were the cutesy purview of Disney movies and children's books. Princesses sang to animals and princes gallivanted around with their privilege wildly unchecked. Fairy ...

Elizabeth Lim, the author of “Six Crimson Cranes,” recommends some of her favorite retellings of classic fairy tales. By Elizabeth Lim Fairy tales made me fall in love with reading. When I was a kid, ...

From oral stories from centuries ago to Disney’s beloved animated films, millions of children around the world have grown up fairy tales. This list of fairy tale retellings are the best way to ...

In an unpredictable world, there are few things that feel as comforting as a familiar story. That's why so many of us enjoy rewatching the same TV shows, listening to the same songs, and reading the ...

Kelcie Mattson is a Senior Features author at Collider. Based in the Midwest, she also contributes Lists, reviews, and television recaps. A lifelong fan of niche sci-fi, epic fantasy, Final Girl ...

Everyone knows how classic fairytales are supposed to go: they start with "Once upon a time" and end with a "happily ever after." But for Daniel Mallory Ortberg's story collection The Merry Spinster, ...

As the years go by, it has become harder to find original ideas untainted by the literary works that have come before. Thus, authors have been turning to retellings — taking inspiration from the ...

Based on the first installment of Soman Chainani’s popular book series, Feig’s School for Good and Evil embraces the full fantasy of fairy tales while also interrogating the morality system behind ...

A fairy tale, in its essence, is a story of reversal. Silent and impoverished girls discover not only voices, but jewels and riches pouring from their mouths; the castoff and abandoned find unexpected ...