Fiction - Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

When she's accused of witchcraft, Fortune must flee her village to spare her neck, marrying a man she barely knows. But is the man who promises to be her saviour all he seems? Fortune Blyth suffered the loss of a secret child when she...

In this collection of short stories, poems, and a novella, Sylvia V. Linsteadt explores the roots of patriarchal conquest in ancient Europe, and the possibility of something wholly different in both the deep past and the deep future. These are tales of women's power,...

"Maguire's work is melodic, symphonic, and beautiful; it is dejected and biting and brave. How great that people flock to these magical novels."--Los Angeles Times Book ReviewBestselling author Gregory Maguire's remarkable series, The Wicked Years, comes full circle with this, his fourth and final...

"Maguire's work is melodic, symphonic, and beautiful; it is dejected and biting and brave. How great that people flock to these magical novels."--Los Angeles Times Book ReviewBestselling author Gregory Maguire's remarkable series, The Wicked Years, comes full circle with this, his fourth and final...

New York Times BestsellerGregory Maguire's stunning saga set in the world of Oz comes full circle in the unforgettable conclusion to the Wicked Years series which started with Wicked, the multimillion-copy bestseller and basis for the #1 smash hit movie starring Cynthia Erivo and...

Journalist Marie Heaney skillfully revives the glory of ancient Irish storytelling in this comprehensive volume from the great pre-Christian sequences to the more recent tales of the three patron saints Patrick, Brigid, and Colmcille.Author: Marie HeaneyPublisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublished: 07/13/1995Pages: 272Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...

This fresh translation revives the politics and power at play in classical mythology's foremost source Centuries of conservative translators have robbed the Metamorphoses of its subversive force. In this boldly lyrical translation, C. Luke Soucy revives the magnum opus of Rome's most clever and...

A brutal modern Italian retelling of the story of Peter Pan, now in English for the first time.The finest modern fantasy you'll read this year. Across the sprawling metropolis of Rome, children dream of an island that doesn't exist. An old god returns. Anarchy,...

"A parable about memory, mythic characters, and confessional regrets . . . An ethereal, resonating literary gift" (Booklist, starred review) from the internationally bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo. "On a summer afternoon, Tsukiko and her former high school teacher have prepared and...

THERE'S NO HELL LIKE FAMILY. Now a Minister of Hell, Lady Jing is mind-numbingly bored. All she wants is plain talk and time with her beau Tony Lee, who has been distracted with mortal matters of late (impending war is such a drag). But...

What if the first woman created was never meant to be a gift----but the gods most dangerous pawn?Pandora has lived her entire life among the gods and goddesses at the base of Mount Olympus, the first mortal woman to exist. For twenty years, she's...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author: a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals--and a young boy--whose lives intersect in Paris in this "feel-good escape" (The New York Times). Paras, short for "Perestroika," is a spirited racehorse at a...

An immortal Knight of the Round Table faces his greatest challenge yet--saving the politically polarized, rapidly warming world from itself--in this slyly funny contemporary take on Arthurian legend. "An utterly original take on Arthurian myth."--The TimesA POPSUGAR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Legends don't...

Carefully curated and translated by Dr. Manijeh Rabiei, Persian Garden of Imagination breathes new life into these ancient texts that shed light on Iranian culture and mythology. The literary stories of Iran contain complex topics and symbols related to the region's classic, pre-Abrahamic faiths,...

The perfect introduction to the rich delights of Persian Literature, bound in a seductive, collectable edition. Gorgeous Collector's Edition. From such texts as the Shah Nameh (the Persian Book of Kings), Masnavi-e Ma'navi, the Anvar-i Suhayli fables and works by the great poet Nizāmī,...

Introduction by C. S. Lewis In October 1857, George MacDonald wrote what he described as "a kind of fairy tale, in the hope that it will pay me better than the more evidently serious work." This was Phantastes -- one of MacDonald's most important...

Follow the young man Anodos on his adventures in fairyland---a quest that requires the surrender of the self and reveals the struggles of the human condition. Written with whimsy yet soulful yearning, MacDonald's classic fantasy greatly influenced writers such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R....

Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women is a fantasy novel written by George MacDonald. The story centers on the character Anodos and takes its inspiration from German Romanticism, particularly Novalis. It concerns a young man who is pulled into a dreamlike world...

A Best Horror Book of the Year (Esquire)! A Head Full of Ghosts meets Mexican Gothic in Piñata, a terrifying possession tale by author and artist Leopoldo Goût. It was supposed to be the perfect summer. Carmen Sanchez is back in Mexico, supervising the...

Beautiful edition offering fresh stories and new cultures to a world saturated with Norse, Greek and Celtic mythology. The vast cultural area of Polynesia covers Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand and the many isles in between. The stories and legends of the region are...