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Hardcover (Trade)

Published January 2017
Hardcover (Trade) price: $30.00
Weight: 1.97

ISBN-13: 978-1-61037-326-5
ISBN-10: 1-61037-326-X
Page count: 380
Book Size: 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"

Hardcover (Trade)

1st edition, 2nd printing, December 2021
Hardcover (Trade) price: $30.00
Weight: 1.97

ISBN-13: 978-1-61037-326-5
ISBN-10: 1-61037-326-X
Page count: 380
Book Size: 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"

Ebook (epub)

Original NESFA Press publication January 2017
Published January 2017
Ebook (epub) price: $9.95

ISBN-13: 978-1-61037-317-3
ISBN-10: 1-61037-317-0
Page count: 380
Book Size: 3 Mb

Ebook (mobi)

Published January 2017
Ebook (mobi) price: $9.95

ISBN-13: 978-1-61037-005-9
ISBN-10: 1-61037-005-8
Page count: 380
Book Size: 6 Mb

The Halcyon Fairy Book

This text relates to the 1st edition • Hardcover (Trade)

by T. Kingfisher

The Halcyon Fairy Book is a delightful collection of wry and insightful comments on traditional fairy tales, originally presented in her blog, along with her first collection of fairy-tale inspired original work, Toad Words, previously only available as a self-published eBook.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • The Blue Light
  • The Master-Maid
  • The Wonderful Sheep
  • The Wonderful Birch
  • The Golden Apple Tree and the Nine Peahens
  • The Deer Prince
  • Two Cinderellas
  • The Story of Log
  • Tatterhood
  • The Seven Doves
  • The King of Love
  • Toad Words - Introduction
  • It Has Come To My Attention
  • Toad Words
  • The Wolf and the Woodsman
  • Bluebeard’s Wife
  • Loathly
  • The Sea Witch Sets the Record Straight
  • Never
  • Bait
  • Night
  • Boar and Apples
  • Odd Season

T. Kingfisher

T. Kingfisher is the vaguely absurd pen-name of an author from North Carolina. In another life, as Ursula Vernon, she writes children's books and weird comics, and has won the Hugo, Sequoyah, Mythopoeic, Nebula and Ursa Major awards, as well as a half-dozen Junior Library Guild selections. This is the name she uses when writing things for grown-ups.

Publishing information

Original printing, limited edition of 600 copies, $30.00 at Arisia, January 2017.
Edited and designed by Sheila Perry
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