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When the waiter brought the cheese-board, there was a large carrot carved in the shape of a mermaid sitting between the Dolcelatte and the Pecorino. Teo could have sworn that the carrot-mermaid flexed her tail and plunged her little hand inside a smelly Gorgonzola. 'Tyromancy, ye know,' remarked the mermaid. 'The Ancient Art of Divination by Cheese.' Then she pulled her tiny hand out and inspected the green cheese-mold on her tiny fingers. 'Lackaday!' she moaned. 'Stinking! It goes poorly for Venice and Teodora, it do!


Michelle Lovric


#divination #foretelling #humour #mermaid #art

Soft sun shone down on a misty cathedral at the opposite end of a football-field length courtyard. The cathedral had a long pointed tower with beautiful rose and ivory stained glass windows. Pink-petal flowers and deep green ivy climbed the stones from the ground to it’s roof. A large fountain stood in the middle of the courtyard with water falling from several lion’s heads. Between the misty air and rolling slope of the earth, the grounds reminded me of a long lost fairy tale.


Priya Ardis


#coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales #heroic-fantasy

Why did you wear heels? How are you supposed to fight a gargoyle in what you're wearing?


Priya Ardis


#chick-lit #coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales

If I were to lock you up in a dungeon, I guarantee you would not be bored.


Priya Ardis


#chick-lit #coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales

Little princess, lovely as the dawn, well named Aurore.


Cameron Dokey


#retellings #sleeping-beauty #beauty

How does one say something new and not retell?


Dejan Stojanovic


#dejan-stojanovic #literature #literature-quotes #new #philosophy

Did you recently turn into a jerk or have you been one since birth?


Priya Ardis


#coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales #merlin

The combination of razor-sharp wit (completely real) and his credentials (completely fake) had won them over in the end.


Priya Ardis


#chick-lit #coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales






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