Spring 2024 Issue

Editor’s Note:

Since childhood, we’ve loved tales of princesses, monsters, castles, and curses. But what happens when you turn fairy tales upside down? You get delightfully fresh retellings of the classic stories we all know.

This issue delivers unique, romantic twists on old tales, including Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Rapunzel, Aladdin, The Princess and the Pea, and more. Roses, the featured story by Toni Shiloh, will have you swooning over a truly charming hero who rescues the heroine once upon a dream. Abbey Downey’s staff feature, A Pirate’s Promise, offers a gender-swapped version of Sleeping Beauty—with pirates!

So settle into your favorite reading spot and get ready to fall in love with these familiar fairy tales all over again.

Spark Editors

Don’t forget to vote for your favorite! See the Poll below the stories.

A Serendipitous Stumble Megan Soja		The Apple Orchard Marcella Robinson

Golden Hair and the Salon Chair Kelsey Messner		Roses Featured Author: Toni Shiloh

If the Shoe Fits Courtney Daily		Belle & Sheriff Beastly Wendy Klopfenstein

A Pirate’s Promise Staff Feature: Abbey Downey		Recipe for Magic Sharon Hughson

Mr. Just Right Rachel Lawrence		The Princess in the Storm Ashley Stangl

Third Time’s the Charm Denise Long		Falling for the Frog Katie Fitzgerald