Stories: Retellings

A folklore education does start to go to one's head after a while. I've soaked up so many fairy tales, ballads, legends, myths, and so on that it's hardly surprising I should try my hand at that venerable sub-branch of fantasy, the retelling.

Not everything in here is a strict retelling as such. Some are better categorized as mashups, or sequels, or just me picking a fight with my source. But all of them are based on a specific, pre-existing story, which is why I group them here.

Ballads
• "The Twa Corbies"

Bible
• "Salt Feels No Pain"
• "The Gospel of Nachash"

Fairy tales
• "The Princess and the . . ."

Fairy tales, with a darker twist
• "The Wood, the Bridge, the House"
• "Shadows' Bride"
• "Kiss of Life"
• "Tower in Moonlight"
• "The Snow-White Heart"
• "Footprints"
• "Waiting for Beauty"

Norse mythology
• "Silence, Before the Horn"
• "The Waking of Angantyr"

Other sources
• "For the Fairest"
• "The Last Wendy"