Excerpt from The Last Petal Fell:
A Metamodern Collection of Fables/Fairy Tales
by Spencer Darr
1
For full collection and bibliography:
spencerdarr.com
The Beast and the Enchantress
Part I—Story 1
Once upon a time, in a white house* overlooking a shining...
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Excerpt from The Last Petal Fell:
A Metamodern Collection of Fables/Fairy Tales
by Spencer Darr
1
For full collection and bibliography:
spencerdarr.com
The Beast and the Enchantress
Part I—Story 1
Once upon a time, in a white house* overlooking a shining city upon a hill*, there
lived a ruler of a young kingdom. In a short time, the kingdom had become very
prosperous and powerful. So powerful had it become that not only did the kingdom
rule over other kingdoms, but it influenced the way many of those kingdoms lived in
both small and large ways. If the young kingdom ruled a certain way, so did the other
kingdoms. If the young kingdom made things to sell at market a certain way, the other
kingdoms made them that way as well. And the wealth of the young kingdom
flourished until it exceeded the wealth of all other kingdoms in the world.
Soon, the ruler of the young kingdom became spoiled, selfish, and unkind. He
attacked smaller kingdoms with little or no provocation. He gave more of the
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