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“This is not a fairy tale.
At least, not in the way you might expect.
There are princes and princesses, yes, but they do not fall in love, and they do not live happily ever after. They slide notes across clandestine bartops, share coded letters with rendezvous points and ciphers.
There are no evil stepmothers or stepsisters, but there is an evil King, and his loyal followers. There are no happy endings, and good rarely triumphs over evil.
But perhaps most importantly, there is—well, was—a Maiden, a young writer Wilhelm “Willie” Grimmerly, now presumed dead at the hands of our maniacal leader. Whether brave or naive, Willie made the ultimate sacrifice to seek truth and report it.
This is a true fairy tale, a story told ’round a dim fire, a story to keep children out of the woods. A tale to warn girls of wandering hands, and boys of pointless wars. This is an old fairy tale, cautionary and terrible, with fleeting moments of glittering beauty and necessary truth.”
― King's County Tales
At least, not in the way you might expect.
There are princes and princesses, yes, but they do not fall in love, and they do not live happily ever after. They slide notes across clandestine bartops, share coded letters with rendezvous points and ciphers.
There are no evil stepmothers or stepsisters, but there is an evil King, and his loyal followers. There are no happy endings, and good rarely triumphs over evil.
But perhaps most importantly, there is—well, was—a Maiden, a young writer Wilhelm “Willie” Grimmerly, now presumed dead at the hands of our maniacal leader. Whether brave or naive, Willie made the ultimate sacrifice to seek truth and report it.
This is a true fairy tale, a story told ’round a dim fire, a story to keep children out of the woods. A tale to warn girls of wandering hands, and boys of pointless wars. This is an old fairy tale, cautionary and terrible, with fleeting moments of glittering beauty and necessary truth.”
― King's County Tales
