A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the woods, the roses, and the weeds.

After having eaten a stolen fruit from it when just a child, a young woman feels compelled to sneak into a witch's garden just one more time.

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A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the king, the garden, and the feather cloak.

A greedy king tries to catch the bird that keeps stealing treasures from his royal garden, and ends up capturing a young shape shifter.

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Rule number one: never steal from a faerie... To celebrate the halfway point of this podcast here is a special episode: the first chapter of my urban fantasy book Coffee and Faerie Cakes, which also works as a short one-shot. So come on over to hear about my nonbinary fae running a coffee shop! And you can read the full book for free here! I welcome any feedback, on this special, the fairy tales and the podcast in general! If social media isn't your thing, you can contact me at [email protected]

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A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the ring, the kelpie, and the helpful animals.

A young man grows up with the blessing of the animals that inhabit the beach where he grew up and takes this luck with him on a quest to find the perfect ring to propose to his sweetheart.

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A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the young man, the bottle and the unwished wishes.

A kind young man frees a genie and has a very hard time convincing said genie that he truly does not need the traditional three wishes in return.

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A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the frozen mountain, the little town, and the cold journey.

From the top of her frozen mountain, the lady of ice and frost allows a little town to plunge into eternal winter, not expecting anyone brave enough to come to confront her.

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A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the heirs, the trials, and the valiant ladies.

A wise king and queen wish to see both their daughter and son well married before deciding which one of them should take the throne, and two brave noblewomen present themselves to woo them.

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A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the pretty girl, the patient man, and the kind mermaid.

After losing the woman he thought he wanted to marry, a man meets a mermaid and finds out he didn't lose anything after all.

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