It's no secret that I barely get to a quarter of the fairy tale news stories I dig up and there are always a good handful I regret n...

I bring you sad news today. Shiloh Pepin, the brave little girl born with Mermaid Syndrome and known the world over as 'the real-life li...

Ever wondered just how the Little Mermaid would have sounded, if you'd had the chance to hear her before she lost her voice? Well, there...

From English Fairy Tales Illustrated by John D. Batten It's true. Hamelin still has need of a Pied Piper from time to time - the most re...

So this whole guy wakes girl with a kiss thing works! At least, it happened in this case, in January of this year: Emma Ray suffered a heart...

Although we all know how powerful the wind can be in the form of cyclones, hurricanes and tornadoes it still seems a little ludicrous to con...

I thought I'd start a fun new series: 'The Science of Fairy Tales' . (No, it's not based on the book above - I just like tha...