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Dark and Twisty Tales: folk stories and fairy tales for the unafraid.

Mar 21, 2021

Belching up toads, paper dresses, beheadings and murder, this story has them all. I love this Grimm fairytale from the Philip Pullman collection, and I hope you do too?

This is the last episode in Season Three, so please write me a review and remember, storytelling is thirsty work!

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Feb 23, 2021

Reynard the Fox is a bit tricky and tricks his wife that he's dead to see if she'll marry again ... never a good plan.

 

 


Feb 13, 2021

Childhood sweethearts Tamlane and Janet were all set until he 'disappeared' before their wedding day. He was off with the fairies (that's what you get for riding your horse 'widershins' around the hill), but it's OK, because she rescues him, by knocking him off his horse and holding on really tight while he changes into...


Feb 2, 2021

A very clever and vengeful sparrow gets his own back after his buddy the dog comes a cropper. Many things get chopped with an axe by accident and many other things get pecked out ... corks and eyes mostly. The moral? Please feed your dogs yummy things ... and don't underestimate a sparrow! 


Jan 22, 2021

A very short story about a boy called Jack, a bone bread eating giant and his favourite dog ... shame about the dog.