New Issue!

The second issue of Les Bonnes Fees has now gone live – Once again, Peta has put together an incredible collection of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. You can access it through our cover page.

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What if the Great Prophecies are Wrong? What if the Sidekick is the Hero?

Un Lun Dun – Written and Illustrated by China Mieville

Un Lun Dun is the tale of two twelve year old girls, Zanna and Deeba in the strange, backwards, world of UnLondon.
UnLondon is a twisted version of London, filled with a combination of the unsettlingly almost-familiar and the blatantly fantastic.
Zanna and Deeba have a great evil [...]

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A Favorite Comic – No Rest for the Wicked

One day, the Moon up and disappeared; where it went, or why, none can say. Without the Moon’s light to keep them in check at night, monsters, crawling horrors, and other creatures of the dark run rampant [...]

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Indian folk tales capturing global attention

A number of critically acclaimed animated projects based on Indian folk tales have recently appeared.
In June this year “Sita Sings the Blues”, an animated interpretation of the Ramayana, won an award from the prestigious International Animated Filmfilm awards held in Anncey (France). The Indian feature film, Return of Hanuman was also appreciated by the [...]

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Of Bellflowers and Belltowers

When we publish work at Les Bonnes Fees, we always want to know more about it. Fortunately for us, most authors are happy to oblige. Here’s what came about when we asked Merrie Haskell to tell us more about Mother Gothel, grandfathers, and, of course, bells. So, without further ado, here’s Merrie:
Ramps
It started with ramps, [...]

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Flying, Fairy Tales, & Free Time…

As some of our lovely readers have noticed, the Les Bonnes Fees machine has been quiet lately. Well, we’re okay. We’re better than okay, actually, because we have a rockin’ second issue I’m really excited about. So, what’s been going on?
I’ve been–and still am–away. I wish I could say I’m off on a fairy tale [...]

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Much delayed status update, and some links

Hello all!
I hope everyone has enjoyed our June issue -  the July issue is getting close to finalization. We don’t have an exact date yet, but we are planning on some time roughly the middle of the month.
I know things have been quiet here – with Peta away and me working on grad school (Atmospheric [...]

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