this fairy tale retelling, Rumpelstiltskin turns selfcentered teenage princesses into wellrounded young women fit to find their One True Loveprinces supplied by the Fairy Godmother.
Just as a Cinderellacycle is being completed, Rumpelstiltskinor Rasp, as others call himis called to pick up a new princess, the firstborn daughter of a woman who Rasp had completed spinning assignments for years ago.
At twentysix, the new princess is older than any other princess hes accepted into his training.
And she knows his name,
Blending traditional Rumpelstiltskin stories from many different cultures, this short story is a delightful riff on the fairy tales that were ingrained in our culture long before Disney or the Brothers Grimm.
Storytelling runs in Malissas family, so few people were surprised when she made the transition from voracious reader to avid writer.
She started out writing terrible poetry and bad song lyrics in middle school, but found her stride in writing novels and short stories.
She majored in Creative Writing and
French at Knox College and recently completed her MFA in Popular Fiction at Stonecoast.
Though Fantasy is her literary darling, shes written a fair share of science fiction, mainstream fiction, poetry, and even French translation.
Her work has appeared in literary magazines, as e books, and in STEAMPUNK III: STEAMPUNK REVOLUTION, edited by Ann VanderMeer.
Malissa lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she mountain gazes while planning her Storytelling runs in Malissa's family, so few people were surprised when she made the transition from voracious reader to avid writer.
She started out writing terrible poetry and bad song lyrics in middle school, but found her stride in writing novels and short stories.
She majored in Creative Writing and French at Knox College and recently completed her MFA in Popular Fiction at Stonecoast.
Though Fantasy is her literary darling, she's written a fair share of science fiction, mainstream fiction, poetry, and even French translation.
Her work has appeared in literary magazines, as e books, and in STEAMPUNK III: STEAMPUNK REVOLUTION, edited by Ann VanderMeer.
Malissa lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she mountain gazes while planning her next trip to visit castles for writing research.
Her online home is at sitelink www, malissa. com. sitelink.
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