Waxing and Waiting: A Sleeping Beauty Short Story

by Allison Tebo

The Princess is about to awaken from her hundred year sleep, but when a love potion goes awry, can Araminta and her fellow fairies avert disaster?

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Genres: Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Fairy Tale Retellings, Short Stories, Retellings

27 pages, ebook

Published January 17, 2024

About the author

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Allison Tebo is a Christian writer committed to creating magical stories full of larger-than-life characters, a dash of grit, and plenty of laughs. She is the author of Break the Beast, an epic fantasy retelling of Beowulf, and the Tales of Ambia, a series of romantic comedy retellings of popular fairy tales. Her flash fiction has been published in magazines such as SplicketySpark and Saddlebag Dispatches and her short stories have been featured in anthologies by Inklings Press, Rogue Blades Entertainment, Pole to Pole Publishing, Editing Mee, Dragon Soul Press, and Ye Olde Dragons Publishing.

Allison also writes under the pseudonym Al Thibeaux and co-runs the speculative fiction e-zine Worlds of Adventure.

Allison graduated with merit from London Art College after studying cartooning and children’s illustration and, when not creating new worlds with words or paint, she enjoys reading, baking, and making lists.

You can find out more about her work at https://allisonteboauthor.com/ or follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/allisonteboauthor/

Reviews

[Thibault Busschots · Rating 3 out of 5]

The fairies are grumbling and complaining. They’ve been guarding the sleeping princess and cleaning the castle for the past hundred years. The job of fairy godmother is definitely not what fairy tales have made it out to be. Thankfully, their job is nearly done. A prince is coming to kiss the princess and break the spell once and for all. But he’s not the only one.


A cute, sweet and funny little Sleeping Beauty retelling. The theme that love makes us do foolish things is hilariously on display here. And the twist is nicely executed.

[Elisabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a cute, fun short twist on Sleeping Beauty! Read it for free if you sign up for the author's email newsletter.

[E.F. Buckles · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an adorable Sleeping Beauty retelling from the perspective of one of the fairies! Everything that could go wrong, did, but in the most hilarious ways possible. This was a quick and easy read, but I enjoyed it so much!

[The Bookworm Girl Bethany · Rating 4 out of 5]

Absolutely enjoyed this retelling of my favorite fairytale! Tebo has a way with words and wit…so much fun! I loved the twists on the original tale. It’s a short story that touches the heart and causes some laughs 🤩

[Lavay Byrd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well, that was a fun Sleeping Beauty retelling! Had me giggling quite a few times!

[One Last Petal Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable and hilarious

[Juliette RoseWarden · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very interesting read, i did actually enjoy it. The fairies in this reminded me of a more endearing version of the three fairies in Maleficent. Mickle, the male fairy who likes one of the main fairies is hilarious, and stupid. But he has a good heart haha.


HOWEVER there is a MASSIVE PLOT HOLE!
So... Spoilers.

Mickle loves the fairy that is telling this story, they had a fight right before the 100 year chore of caring for the Princess Rosalina in her sleep. So Mickle goes on a quest, to find the genies lamp. Which he does. But then gets trapped in the cave for all that time. Because APPARENTLY, and this is the important part, the genie can't grant wishes to other magical beings. Which Mickle being a fairy, is a magical being. So he has to try and remember a spell to get himself out of there. He ends up making into the castle on the last day of the 100 years. He manages to royally screw things up for everyone (with good intentions of course) but he ends up saving everyone by USING THE GENIE LAMP! 🤦‍♀️


Anyway, very fun story, massive plot hole haha. Granted i guess this is supposed to be a funny story so....

[Smasher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Content:

Language: None.

Violence: None.

Sexual: Mild. There are some kisses, but all totally chaste and clean.



This is 26 pages, so obviously not a lot of character development. This really is more of a slapstick type of short focusing on the Fairies that take care of Sleeping Beauty. It was quite chaotic in the humor, reminding me a lot of the 2nd book in her Tales of Ambia series. It's not really my thing to have so much unrelenting satirical situations in a book. It works for plays, but in written form it can get old quick, even with just 26 pages.

[Jean Hall · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a funny, cute and sweet retelling of Sleeping Beauty. A twist on the original story showing how love has us doing foolish things. Very funny that the 3 good fairies have been guarding Sleeping Beauty and the castle and acting as housekeepers for almost 100 years. There is a near catastrophe dealing with the kiss and a missing prince, but all is right in the end. Loved seeing how they dealt with the evil fairy.

[Allison Tebo · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[H.S. Kylian · Rating 4 out of 5]

A delightful and humorous retelling of Sleeping Beauty!

[Naomi McCullough · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a cute and (chaotic) telling of Sleeping Beauty! I love how unpredictable things get, when Tebo writes about fairies!

[Jordon Oliver · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an adorable retelling of sleeping beauty from one of the fairy's point of view.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun and cute, a light spin on Sleeping Beauty

[Tiffany Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so cute! I loved that the protagonist was one of the fairies. A fun little read to start my morning!

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this story.

Content: clean

[Patty · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this short take on the sleeping beauty tale. A very fun perspective.

[aem · Rating 3 out of 5]

amusing