If you want to practice writing your own fairy tale retellings, these books and on-screen adaptations can also serve as further inspiration.

Some of them contain more fantastical elements than others, but these unique takes on familiar stories will surely stir up your imagination. Whatever genre you currently enjoy, you can try out some of these fairy tale retellings for a fresh perspective. Hugh Jackman stars as Blackbeard, Garrett Hedlund plays Hook, Levi Miller as Peter Pan, and Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily. This film adaptation of Peter Pan portrays Peter as an orphan captured and taken to Neverland as a slave. Whether or not you are a fan of traditional fairy tales, here are some retellings that will give you a fresh take and challenge your imagination: 1. The retellings we’ll discuss here are different from both those early versions, and the tales we know from our childhoods. Note that most of the Disney versions many of us grew up with were already quite different from the original stories, which were penned centuries ago by the likes of Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm.

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While most horror readers know Josh from his smash breakout Bird Box and works like Goblin and Mad Black Wheel, Unbury Carol is a Weird Western that mixes in elements of fairy tales and the supernatural, too. In his Masterclass course, bestselling author Neil Gaiman encourages his students to exercise their creative writing skills by taking a well-known fairy tale and giving it an unusual twist.įor example, what if the story of Snow White were told from the stepmother’s perspective? Maybe she was actually terrified of her stepdaughter, whose powers allow her to stay in a death-like sleep before coming back to life? These are the kinds of unique possibilities we can explore with fairy tale retellings. Today we’re talking to author Josh Malerman about his newest novel, Unbury Carol. Perhaps it’s because of the timeless truths they deal with, such as the battle between good and evil, or the nostalgia they bring by reminding us of our childhoods. Fairy tales have universal appeal, making them favorites of children and adults alike.

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