Don’t go swimming in Martian lakes. Closeup of an image from Titi, Nunu, and Klembolo by Helena Modjeska/Courtesy UC Irvine Special Collections and Archives While wildflowers line our freeways, the ...

Natalie Frank, All Fur III, 2011-14, Gouache and chalk pastel on paper, 22 x 30 inches (55.9 x 76.2 cm). Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Courtesy of the artist “I was so taken by the stories that I ...

The Polish artist Erna Rosenstein (1913-2004) often called herself a fairy or a witch. In letters to a friend, she would sign off as “Fairy Rosenstein.” Rosenstein had a long-running interest in fairy ...

Once upon a time, a book reviewer sat down to review a book about fairy tales and had an epiphany. “I have no earthly notion how to review this book about fairy tales,” she said to the goat next to ...

Savage author Cyril Mukalel is inspired by the values and dreams of ordinary people. The Savage Pacer recently interviewed Mukakel about his new illustrated fairy tale, “Flower Princess and the Man ...