Friday, January 01, 2010

The Scullery Boy Remembers

Happy New Year! I'm pleased to announce that my short story, The Scullery Boy Remembers, is now published in Enchanted Conversation, an online journal of fairytales. The theme of the premiere issue is Sleeping Beauty. I was inspired by this passage from the Grimms' version of the story:

The horses, too, went to sleep in the stable, the dogs in the yard, the pigeons upon the roof, the flies on the wall; even the fire that was flaming on the hearth became quiet and slept, the roast meat left off frizzling, and the cook, who was just going to pull the hair of the scullery boy, because he had forgotten something, let him go, and went to sleep.

7 comments:

Lone Star Ma said...

Congratulations1 It's a wonderful story!

Lone Star Ma said...

Make that 1 an exclamation mark, of course!

tanita✿davis said...

Yee haw!

Saints and Spinners said...

Thank you! Thank you.

Jen Robinson said...

Congratulations!!

Anonymous said...

I finally just got to read this, Farida. Wow, nicely done.

Vivian Mahoney said...

Congratulations, Farida! Very nice twist. I really enjoyed reading your story.