Counting Down: First Lines from UP THE DOWN BEANSTALK

 

COUNTDOWN!

 May 1 is the official release date for the newest fairytale anthology, based on Jack and the Beanstalk.

You can get the ebook at YeOldeDragonBooks.com, and at your favorite online outlets, AND the print book from Amazon and B&N and other locations.

BUT .... you can use this Amazon Associates link and SAVE $$$ if you order the Amazon paperback NOW:

https://amzn.to/4mUQJbP

Regularly $15.99 for paper, but until May 1 you can get it for $13.99.

How can you resist?

 

UP THE DOWN BEANSTALK

Parodies based on Jack and the Beanstalk.

You'll be delighted, enchanted, intrigued, and we hope you'll cheer for our heroes in all their shapes and sizes and motivations.

Brilliant inventors and identity theft.  Brutal usurpers and imprisoned princes. Mischievous boys and missing eggs. Curmudgeonly neighbors and rivals. Heroic sheriffs and computer programmers. Liars and thieves and desperate girls risking all for their families.

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COUNTDOWN!!! Fairytale Anthology #6 is coming in 2 weeks, with Jack and the Beanstalk parodies galore!

 

TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY -- May 1 -- is the official release date for the newest fairytale anthology, based on Jack and the Beanstalk.

You can get the ebook at YeOldeDragonBooks.com, and at your favorite online outlets, AND the print book from Amazon and B&N and other locations.

BUT .... you can use this Amazon Associates link and SAVE $$$ if you order the Amazon paperback NOW:

https://amzn.to/4mUQJbP

Regularly $15.99 for paper, but until May 1 you can get it for $13.99.

How can you resist?

UP THE DOWN BEANSTALK

There has to be MORE to the story …

Did you read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and come away with questions?

How young was he, to believe the beans were magic?

Was he bullied into accepting beans in exchange for the cow?

Was he really that gullible? Was he desperate? Or was magic real in his world?

Why did he think it was smart to climb that beanstalk? How far did he climb?

Why didn't he run when he saw the giants?

What was the giants' side of the story? Were they bullies, or were they the victims of burglars and swindlers?

What about the golden harp and the goose?

On and on, with every answer generating MORE questions..

We invite you into these pages to explore the MORE our authors found. You'll be delighted, enchanted, intrigued, and we hope you'll cheer for our heroes in all their shapes and sizes and motivations.

Brilliant inventors and identity theft.  Brutal usurpers and imprisoned princes. Mischievous boys and missing eggs. Curmudgeonly neighbors and rivals. Heroic sheriffs and computer programmers. Liars and thieves and desperate girls risking all for their families.

And MORE.

Did someone say FREE BOOKS?

 I'm participating in a giveaway at King Sumo for the fairytale anthology series at Ye Olde Dragon Books.

The first fairytale anthology, WHEN YOUR BEAUTY IS THE BEAST, with stories all based on Beauty & the Beast, has been delisted as of May 1.

This giveaway -- for both print and ebooks -- will give away the first 5 fairytale anthologies, to say farewell to Beauty and welcome the piggies.

Here's your chance to enter, one last chance to claim Beauty!!

Entering the giveaway puts your name on a list to go to all the participating authors, to add you to their newsletters for sneak previews of books, cover art, works-in-progress, giveaways, public appearances, and more fun stuff!

The PIGGIES Are Coming!!! Fairytale Anthology #5: TROUBLE COMES IN THREES

 

Coming May 1

Fairytale Anthology #5

TROUBLE COMES IN THREES

They say "three's the charm," but is that true?

When it comes to three pigs, of all different kinds, who can be sure?

Inside these pages lurk evil pigs, silly pigs, brave pigs, musical pigs, magical pigs, lazy pigs, diligent pigs, arrogant pigs, manic pigs, and pigs fleeing a future as bacon.

Oh, and then there are the houses of straw, sticks and bricks, and multiple interpretations thereof.

And don't forget the wolves. Evil wolves, professorial wolves, vengeful wolves, defender wolves, and wolves just trying to help their friends out of a sticky, piggy mess.

If the story of the three pigs isn't your favorite fairytale … it might just be by the time you finish reading.

Come inside and see pigs through our authors' eyes. You'll never look at pigs and straw and sticks and bricks and bacon the same way again…

NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS

You can get TROUBLE COMES IN THREES in ebook EARLY -- and Save $$$.

Go to YeOldeDragonBooks.com and click on the storefront NOW, and download the ebook to read before everybody else!

It's Official: RELEASE DAY!

 

It's release day.

Ready for new visions and versions of Red Riding Hood?

THE CASE OF THE MISSING LEGS: Rosemarie DiCristo and Pam Halter

FACE THE WOLF: Kathleen Bird

THE WAYS OF A WOLF: Lindsi McIntyre

A CACTUS AMONG WOLVES: Yvonne McArthur

KELLI AND KIRMIZI: Michelle Houston

WOLVES AMONG THE LAMBS: Deborah Cullins Smith

THE CURSE: Angela R. Watts

DRESS REHEARSAL: Jim Doran

THE NIGHT OF THE MINDBENDER: Stoney M. Setzer

WOODLAND CRAVINGS: Rachel A. Greco

CRIMSON SPY: Jessica Noelle

RED WOLF: Michelle L. Levigne

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Mask of the Wolf

 

Last story -- 3 more days until release day.

TALES FROM THE FOREST: new takes on Red Riding Hood

RED WOLF

Michelle L. Levigne

An Enchanted Castle Archives story

A girl in a red cloak, a woodsman, and a wolf enter the enchanted forest.

Who is chasing whom?

Why do they seek the Beastly Beauty's wolf mask?

Get your copy early, save $1

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Release Day is Coming!

 

We're almost to RELEASE DAY!

2 stories and 5 days to go until you meet a whole new breed of Red Riding Hood stories!

CRIMSON SPY

Jessica Noelle 

A red cloak that protects against evil magic.

A vengeful enemy.

A curse to turn beauty into beast.

Can love find a way?

Get the ebook EARLY, and all anthologies $1 off

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If Granny Ain't Happy ...

 

6 days -- 3 stories to go

Tales of Red Riding Hood that aren't your granny's fairytales!

WOODLAND CRAVINGS

Rachel A. Greco

While she was falling in love, her grandmother changed.

Walking to grandmother's house no longer gives joy but rather dread.

Will the hunger of the wolf be her doom or their salvation?

Releasing May 1

Save $1 on ALL anthologies now at YeOldeDragonBooks.com

You Like to SAVE, Right?

To celebrate the upcoming release of TALES FROM THE FOREST, Fairytales Anthology 4, Ye Olde Dragon Books is offering a pre-sale savings on the print book and ebook RIGHT NOW -- $2 on print, $1 on ebook.

PLUS: Save $1 on all the other Fairytale Anthology and Classic Monster Anthology books in stock -- in print and ebook, whatever is available.

When Your Beauty is the Beast -- Tales from the Tower -- Perchance to Dream -- Moonlight and Claws -- Who's the Monster? -- Don't Go In the Water.

Go to the Storefront NOW and take advantage of the sale. Now through May 10.  

The Ghost of Red Riding Hood?

 

THE NIGHT OF THE MINDBENDER

Stoney M. Setzer 

A Sardis County story!

The "wolfman" sees a vision in red.

Is she his wife, returned from the dead?

9 days -- 4 stories to go!

Red Riding Hood will never be the same when our authors are through.

Save $1 on pre-release order sales.

Celebrate this new book -- Save $1 on ALL the Fairytale & Classic Monster Anthologies at YeOldeDragonBooks.com NOW!

Life Imitates Art?

 

DRESS REHEARSAL
Jim Doran
A high school drama production of fairytales becomes just a little too "real."

11 days -- 5 stories to go.
Ready for a new angle on Red Riding Hood?
13 authors offer 12 stories to make you laugh, shiver, and go, "Hmm..."

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Coming May 1 in paper and ebook.

Curses Foiled -- Again

 

Releasing May 1

6 stories and 13 days to go.

We return to a more traditional setting  for Red Riding Hood....

THE CURSE

Angela R. Watts 

A curse has brought a werewolf to the forest.

To save her grandmother and village, she must brave the woods at night to fetch a healer.

Can she save her cursed friend as well?

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Check out the other fairytale anthologies!

Sometimes it's Good to be a Wolf ...

 

15 days - 7 stories until release day.

WOLVES AMONG THE LAMBS

Deborah Cullins Smith 

Her sister has been taken. 

A veteran goes hunting.

A wolf goes disguised as an innocent lamb to destroy the predators from within...

Red Riding Hood wasn't so helpless after all ...

Save $1 on ebook EARLY: 4/23-4/30

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Tales from the Forest: A new RED

 

17 days and 8 authors to go until the May 1 release

Turning Red Riding Hood inside out and upside down.

KELLI AND KIRMIZI

Michelle Houston

2 cousins, as different as day and night.  

Beauty and wolf.

Could they break the fairytale mold the world tried to force on them?

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19 Days and 9 Stories Left to Tantalize

 

You'll never see Red Riding Hood the same again ...

Countdown: 19 days & 9 stories to hear about.
Anthology of Red Riding Hood-inspired stories.

A CACTUS AMONG WOLVES
Yvonne McArthur
A motorcycle-riding granny and her grandkids on an outing filled with explosions, critters, wolves on wheels, and painful memories.

Release: 5/1/2024

Save $1 on ebook 4/23-4/30
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Counting down: 21 days left until TALES FROM THE FOREST

 

21 days left.

12 stories, 13 authors.

Coming May 1.

These aren't your granny's fairytales.

Just ask Red Riding Hood.

THE WAYS OF A WOLF

Lindsi McIntyre

Wolves can wear many faces, some quite charming.

How does an old woman save her village when no one will listen to the old stories that hold too much frightening truth?

Save $1 off the ebook 4/23-4/30

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Ready for Red Riding Hood? Fairytale Anthology 4 is coming May 1

 

COUNTDOWN: 23 days left.

Releasing n May 1: 12 new versions of Red Riding Hood. Some dark, some twisted, some funny, and some facing the ugliness of our modern, un-magical world.

FACE THE WOLF
Kathleen Bird

Late night on a college campus.
A brute who doesn't know the meaning of love.
An athlete who can't outrun her fears.
An hero with a new kind of "axe."

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Save $1 on ebook 4/23-4/30

Ready for More Fairytales ... twisted inside out and upside down?

 

Releasing May 1, TALES FROM THE FOREST is the 4th Fairytale Anthology from Ye Olde Dragon Books.

This time around, we're taking Red Riding Hood and really pushing the envelope. There's some silliness, some humor, some heartache, a lot of danger, some sibling rivalry, some magic, some sacrifice and risk.

We have a number of returning authors, and return visits to fictional places that are starting to become very familiar.

Here's our lineup of authors and their titles:

THE CASE OF THE MISSING LEGS: Rosemarie DiCristo and Pam Halter

FACE THE WOLF: Kathleen Bird

THE WAYS OF A WOLF: Lindsi McIntyre

A CACTUS AMONG WOLVES: Yvonne McArthur

KELLI AND KIRMIZI: Michelle Houston 

WOLVES AMONG THE LAMBS: Deborah Cullins Smith 

THE CURSE: Angela R. Watts

DRESS REHEARSAL: Jim Doran

THE NIGHT OF THE MINDBENDER: Stoney M. Setzer

WOODLAND CRAVINGS: Rachel A. Greco

CRIMSON SPY: Jessica Noelle

RED WOLF: Michelle L. Levigne

Available at your favorite online book seller, and Ye Olde Dragon Books.

COMING RELEASE -- and a chance to get a FREE ebook short story.

 Coming April 1

The next book in the Enchanted Castle Archives series. Sequel to LIARS' QUEST.

You can listen to chapters of THE BEASTLY BEAUTY now on the Ye Olde Dragon's Library storytelling podcast.

Either go to your favorite podcast app and subscribe, OR you can go to Ye Olde Dragon Books and listen to the latest episode on the podcast page.

There are lots of short stories taking place in the enchanted forest and the enchanted castle, featuring 'Na -- short for Belladonna -- the daughter of the heroes of the novels. 

You can get the ebook of THE BEASTLY BEAUTY right NOW from Ye Olde Dragon Books, nearly 3 weeks early. The audiobook will be available by the end of the week.

And if you buy from Ye Olde Dragon Books, you'll get a new, not-yet-released short story, ASH, BREAD, AND THE BOY. This is an adventure of Ash, the heroine of THE BEASTLY BEAUTY, that was originally part of the book, but cut out during edits. FREE, in ebook. Just buy from Ye Olde Dragon Books, and you'll get a follow-up email using the email address you provide when buying your ebook or audiobook.

You can buy the other short stories in the Enchanted Castle Archives series at your favorite online store, or at Ye Olde Dragon Books. But what might be more fun is to buy the anthologies put out by Ye Olde Dragon Books, where these stories originally appeared. Either the Fairytale Anthologies or the Classic Monster Anthologies. Visit our website and check them out!

TALES FROM THE FOREST, Fairytale Anthology 4, will be releasing May 1, featuring stories that take Red Riding Hood and turn the story inside out and upside down!

New Releases -- Yes, Plural: Installment #1

 This week, I'm showing the cover art and back cover description from three books that released yesterday, May 1 ... AND a new release June 1. I figure, whet your appetite for what's available now and what's coming next month. The next three weeks I'll be providing excerpts, to torment you even further!

Yeah, I've been kind of busy the last few months ...

First up:

WHEN YOUR BEAUTY IS THE BEAST

Fairytale Anthology Book 1 from Ye Olde Dragon Books

A marriage counselor who has never been in love...

A missing beauty queen with an oversized ego...

A hunter crippled by his own ambition...

Settlers on their way to a new home in the Rockies in 1848...

A jeweler's obsession...

A hero-tuber and a mystery man trapped in a haunted house...

Infatuation and ego aboard a space ship bound for a new world...

Curses, plants, and shapeshifters in a South American garden...

A gamers' quest with unconventional challenges...

A castle and a beast being strangled by roses --and a curse...

A princess' problematic seventeenth birthday and the curses surrounding it...

And a castle besieged by ice and basilisks!

 

What do all these things have in common? They are all variations on the Beauty and the Beast retelling. Fall in love with an old fairy tale in a whole new way as you enter their worlds and find enchantment!