The Three Suitors

This collection contains thirteen previously unpublished fairy tales—but these are not the ordinary, garden variety children’s fairy tales. Here you will discover fairies of a decidedly nasty disposition, whom it is much better not to cross; you will encounter strange impets, vengeful Knockers, sleeping beauties, souls hunted by the Devil, sinister “White Ladies,” and even a talking cat. You will encounter adventure, wonder, horror…maybe even a laugh or two. Just the usual fairy tale stuff. Included are: “The Golden Feather:” wherein a young man seeks a feather to save his soul; “Tom Treadle and the Knocker’s Gold:” in which a lazy youth discovers the danger of filching gold from the Knockers in the hills; “The Suitable Shoes:” where a young woman learns the advisability of being buried in a suitable pair of shoes; “The Lay of the Queen of Elphame:” the story of a woman who seeks to rescue her husband and child from the fairies …and nine others!