Fairy Tales

The Second Side Series

This is the darkest realm of The Second Side.

All the fairy tales are told from someone elses view.

For example: Gossip: The Evil Stepmother's Tale is the story of Cinderella from the stepmother's side. You find out quickly that Cinderella had OCD and the stepmother had nothing to do with the girl's bizzar cleaning habits.

The most unique element to The Second Side Series is - each story is told in a different genre.

So - 1. Reversal of Beauty - Romance

2. Gossip: The Evil Stepmother's Tale - Mystery

3. Stalked Mini Series - Adventure/ Journey

At the end of the day - these fairy tales needed to break out of their 'Happily Ever After' box!

Definition: Fairy Tales

Stories that have elements of magicial creatures or beings, a perolous journey in which the hero is not qualified to take and it usually ends with 'Happily Ever After'.

~The Fairy Taler's~ Favorite Tales

  1. Beauty and the Beast
  2. East of the Sun, West of the Moon
  3. The Tender Box
  4. The Master Cat: Puss and Boots
  5. Which Was the Foolishest

~The FairyTaler~

Cay Templeton (~The Fairy Taler~) grew up in the small, country town in Maryland. The quiet gave her time to think, to listen, and to wander. Between the differences of the town and the country that laid just beyond, Cay developed a sense for things under the surface. 

As she grew up, Cay learned to recognize those differences: rich versus poor, liberal versus conservative, and city versus country. Through investigation, Cay began to understand that there’s never one side that has the full story. As people take sides, they miss out on other perspectives and even lose track of things that could help them.

Chasing her love for storytelling, Cay earned BA’s in Film and Theatre from Towson University. She then went on to Wilkes University, where she earned an MA in Creative Writing. 

A month after she graduated, she ended up working in the D.C. Production Office for the film National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets. Once the film completed there, she packed up her bags to begin her journey across the country to Hollywood.

To this day, Cay works on writing more installments to the Second Side Series. The theme of missing perspectives runs through her signature twisted fairy tale series: Reversal of Beauty, Gossip: The Evil Stepmother’s Tale, Stalked: The Conti Rose, and Stalked: The Eastern Passage. 

~The Fairy Taler~ is always on the lookout for the next fairy tale that has a ‘Second Side’ to it which people should hear.

Charles Perrault

Born January 12, 1628 in Paris France. Died May 16th 1703.

Known as the grandfather of Fairy Tales being the first to have written them. As a french author, he wrote his first tales in 1694 - Patient Griselda, Ridiculous Wishes, and Donkeyskin.

He went on to write many of the classics before The Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson.

He wrote the first Cinderella, and other famous tales such as Tom Thumb, Blue Beard, Little Red Riddinghood, and Sleeping Beauty.

Question:

What is your favorite fairy tale? Why?