Sapphic stories and tantalising tales
Along with doing physio, getting my shoulder stronger, being at work, getting back my riding skills/strength/confidence, socialising (what seeing friends!), watering and weeding the garden, and attending my fab writing group, I've also been creating a new story.The new short story is about a mountain bike bike-packing trip, a cunning vampire, and a lesbian 'first… Continue reading Cunning vampires and sapphic sighs
I love fairy tales. They fed my childhood with stories and pictures. I never believed them. I knew they were stories. I didn't want to meet a prince (like I've previously said, I'd rather have been the prince, finding myself a sweet maiden) and I was never really into the happy ever after. It seemed… Continue reading Fucked up fairy tales
I've been working on rewriting some old fairy tales. I've written my own versions of The Little Mermaid, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and I'm working on a pretty twisted version of Snow White. This is the latest one I'm re-imagining: Jack and the Beanstalk. I just read this old Ladybird version and came up… Continue reading Re-imagining the tales they tell us: “Mumma fetch the axe.”
Dane Divine: Storyteller 