ANTHOLOGIES: “Not Your Grandma’s Fairy Tales” – Three Cousins Publishing!

Posted on September 24, 2026

I’m back with Three Cousins Publishing (in conjunction with editors Robert Lupton, Carol McConnell, and West Mesa Press). And for a fourth time in five years. I was invited to submit a short story to their “speculative fiction & horror” mashup anthology, “Not Your Grandma’s Fairy Tales.” This year’s theme is Mother Goose and Grimm’s fairy tales RETOLD. Think Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Hansel and Gretel. But the stories are remanufactured and told from outside the box. My story is about Prince Charming, returning from the underworld after a horrible car accident. He comes back in a zombified sort of way. And he has some recompense for his former lover. Check out my story in this latest fairy tale retold anthology: “Skin like Snow, Breath like Earth.” On Amazon AND Lulu, just scroll down.

Not Your Grandma’s Fairy Tales – Published by Three Cousins Publishing

Edited by Robert Lupton w. Carol McConnell

Featuring Dagstine story: “Skin like Snow, Breath like Earth”