Photo credit: Ellen B. Wright
We love fairy tales, we always have. These are the stories that grabbed our attention when we were young readers, and then hooked us anew when we were older and discovered their darkness. We’ve always been fascinated not just by the stories themselves, but by the bones underneath — by how those bones stay the same when you clothe them in different costumes or shapes, and by how, in a retelling, the heart of the stories remains the same. Retellings allow us to explore new truths, to tell the stories we want or need in a particular moment, using structures that are intimately familiar. We have played with them, explored them, read them, and retold them over and over again. And we know we’re not the only ones who feel this way...