He wasn’t called “Old Woody” for nothing. He was old. Really old. Legend had it that he was the oldest man in Hicksville, and even more...

The hiring fair in Ballymena was busy that May morning as dairy farmer, Sean O’ Hara looked for a young herdsman to work with his...

Karl studied the address on the business card, 2775 Cardinal Street. He kept looking for the establishment his wife had told him about....

It seemed strange, but since I had been born at an early age, it was miraculous that I was already more than six years old, although...

Once upon a time in an old southern college town, there was a strapping young man who attended the local military institute. Tall,...

Mother always fussed over Granny, living alone in the woods. Still, the old superstitions about wildlife being ‘something we need to keep...

‘Franzi Kern was small. In fact, he was the smallest of four small brothers, and the third born, so he shouldn’t have inherited the farm...

‘If this was a fairytale, it would begin with once upon a time or in a kingdom long ago, but this story begins and ends with Enede. There...

‘There once lived a tech witch deep in the wood, dark clever gothic she. She sat near her hearth and composed sonnets to her fae...

Welcome to our AUTUMN ISSUE! Folklore & Fairytales have perpetually captivated writes and artists across generations. These are tales...

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Scott Thomas Outlar is originally from Atlanta, Georgia. He now lives and writes in Frederick, Maryland. His work has been nominated...

Cathy Hollister is a champion of ageist poetry. A retired public health professional, she fills her time with grandchildren, reading,...

How is a kayak trip a metaphor for a socially awkward person making his way in a life marred by sloth and envy? The trite answer is it’s...

In the summer you went slumming when all your friends were in day camp and you weren’t. Without it, you’d be moping around, or doing...

It took years for Professor Oraina to learn the best technique to graft skin onto perspex. There were hundreds of false starts and...

Jessie dipped her hand inside her black leather bag, the big one that contained her secret ten thousand Euro stash of cash, and felt...

The quiet is brutal without Jack. The sounds of the house are all mine and the dog’s for what has been a long thirty days into my new...

Harry Wilson had the attention of most women at Harmony Acres within days of his arrival. He admitted to 74 years, but his unruly thatch...

Finally leaving his parents’ suburban Philadelphia house at age thirty-four, Jerry wasn’t about to choose just any apartment. He wanted...