In "There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales" (Penguin, 224 pages, $15), Keith Gessen and Anna Summers bring together their new translations of 19 short ...

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s love story is a true fairy tale for the modern era. It’s got romance (affairs), kings and queens (evil rich people), and a city cursed (by climate change). Their ...

There was once a prince who wanted a princess, and only a real princess would please him. He traveled the world to find one, but was unable to, and came back home discouraged. One evening there was a ...

Michelle Smith does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The reclusive “Fairy Tale King” who inspired Disneyland’s castle escaped the responsibilities of royalty and reality in a fantasy world mountaintop palace where he led a “Once Upon a Time” storybook ...

The reality of magical creatures like fairies, elves, witches and more is often debated. Most of our cultural understanding and beliefs about fairies come from mainstream movies, TV shows and comics.

After visiting Disney World several years ago, Bailey Williams decided that princesses were real. She had her mother redecorate her room with a pink television, a pink remote control and ...

There was once a prince who wanted to have his very own real princess. He searches all around the world, meeting many princesses, but with each feels like there is something not quite right about them ...

If I were to imagine the least magical, least romantic place on Earth, it would be a dark, sticky basement full of people who may or may not have showered in the last 48 hours, bobbing their heads up ...