The Green Willow is a Japanese fairy tale following Tomodata, a young samurai sent on an urgent secret mission by his warlord. Caught in a violent autumn typhoon, he takes shelter in a remote cottage where he meets a beautiful girl named Green Willow — and immediately forgets his lord's strict warning never to look into a woman's eyes. Torn between loyalty and a love he cannot resist, Tomodata abandons his quest. The story builds toward a quiet, devastating revelation about Green Willow's true nature and what her fate means for the man who chose her over everything.

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"Winter's Herald" by Jane Andrews unfolds on a single autumn night when frost — Winter's silent messenger — moves through a sleeping village, whispering warnings to birch trees, muskrats, field mice, and flower gardens. Tender heliotropes blacken and wither before dawn, while sturdy maples shed their leaves with defiant calm. As farmers, gardeners, and mothers read the frost's message and begin to prepare, the story turns its gaze to old Margaret, barefoot children, and a husband sick with fever — asking quietly whether neighbours will help her send back just as brave an answer.

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"The September Storm" is a short story set in a 19th-century harbour town where a returning merchant ship faces a ferocious overnight gale. When Captain Jacob wakes to howling winds and rising floodwaters, he braves the storm alone to reach the wharf — only to find the ship in danger of capsizing. Racing against the tide, he and the crew fight to drop anchor in churning waves, salvage precious cargo, and prevent the vessel from being smashed apart as ropes snap and the anchor chain finally gives way.

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Wassailing The Apple-trees is a short story set in the village of Appleton, where enchanted orchards are said to cure ailments and bring fortune — but only if the ancient wassailing ritual is honoured each winter. Led by the jovial Squire, the whole village parades through frost-bitten trees by starlight, pouring warm spiced brew at each root and singing wishes for a bountiful harvest. Back inside by the crackling Yule Log, the Squire reluctantly becomes a storyteller, weaving tales of magic and daring that hold every soul in the room spellbound.

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"The Maker of Rainbows" is a short story set in the bleak November of Twelve-Trees, a poverty-stricken village where hungry children cry and even the dogs seem defeated by hardship. When a peculiar old man arrives with a spinning wheel and a pocketful of hope, he transforms a child's tear into a cascade of colour, reveals the lost beauty in a woman the village has long mocked, and makes bare fields shimmer gold — yet the adults only perk up when he mentions a pot of gold waiting at a rainbow's end.

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The Elf Knight is a Scottish fairy tale following Janet, a bold young woman who defies a nursemaid's warnings and ventures onto enchanted moorland on Halloween night. There she meets Tam Lin, a nobleman stolen by the Fairy Queen as a child, who can only be freed by a true love brave enough to hold him through terrifying magical transformations. When midnight comes and the Fairies ride, Janet must stand her ground against lions, dragons, and flames — or lose Tam Lin to Elf Land forever.

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"Rainbow and Autumn Leaves" is a free Native Canadian legend you can read online, telling how the animals of the Great Council flee to the heavens as a new race approaches their land. Rainbow builds a shimmering bridge to the sky, and Deer is the first to cross it — vanishing without warning and leaving his companions behind. When Bear confronts him on the Rainbow Bridge, their fierce battle sends blood raining down onto the trees below. The story builds to a moment of loyalty, pride, and consequence that still echoes every autumn.

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"The Courteous Prince" is a short fairy tale about a prince whose true love is mysteriously taken from him by an enchantment arranged by his disapproving king. Separated and heartbroken, the prince finds himself alone on Halloween night in a crumbling hunting lodge — where a hollow-eyed gray ghost demands his service. What he does next, and for whom, holds the key to breaking a witch's cruel spell. The story turns on a single act of courtesy tested under fear.

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Prince Autumn by Carl Ewald follows a noble, melancholy figure who descends from the western hills to relieve Prince Summer of his kingdom. Blowing his horn three times across the valley, he sets forests trembling, sends birds southward, and urges every creature to prepare for what is coming. Between his duty to a reluctant Summer and the threatening demands of Prince Winter, Autumn must honor promises to both while offering the land its most vivid, fleeting beauty — berries, bronze beeches, and ivy flowering at the very last moment.

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The God of Spring and the God of Autumn is a myth that opens in a world where gods still walk among mortals, all captivated by a princess known as the Most Beloved in the World. Eighty suitors — princes, warriors, and gods alike — have knelt before her and been turned away. When the proud God of Autumn fails to win her heart and challenges his younger brother to try, the God of Spring accepts the wager. Armed only with a mother's quiet magic and a robe of unblossomed wisteria, he steps before the princess and changes everything.

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