Fairy Tales for Unwanted Children

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Sometimes "happily ever after" is no guarantee. We feature short, original fairy tales that turn towards the dark and unsettling. These stories are not intended for children, but most of them do stand alone.

Scott Thrower


    • Dec 16, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 15m AVG DURATION
    • 119 EPISODES

    4.9 from 213 ratings Listeners of Fairy Tales for Unwanted Children that love the show mention: moral of the story, fables, unsettling, darker, imagery, thank you scott, bedtime stories, short stories, darkness, disturbing, well written, i've ever, give it a try, original, story telling, told, highly recommend this podcast, lovely, night, pick.



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    Episode 111: Cricket

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 15:20


    A musician writes the perfect song, but then finds that he cannot recreate it.

    Episode 110: The Deal

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 13:59


    A woman makes a desperate journey with her newborn.

    Episode 109: Body on the Porch

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 14:42


    A man tries to find the words to say goodbye.

    Episode 108: Royal Wedding

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 15:26


    A newly married queen gets to know her fabled husband.

    Episode 107: A New Place

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 10:31


    Death allows herself to be led away. Follow-up to Gravestone.

    Episode 106: Shanty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 14:40


    A sailor hears a song at sea.

    Holiday Special: A Little World

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2020 17:39


    Scott reads a story he wrote 20 years ago.

    Special: On A Dark Cold Night Creativity Challenge for the Sonar Network

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 19:51


    I'm joined by Kristen Zaza from the On A Dark, Cold Night podcast to come up with a collaborative swapping story starting from the word "headquarters." Audio edited and compiled by Michael Mongiardi and Marianna Miniotis from the Sonar Network.

    Episode 105: The Witch Boy (Sleep pt 6of6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2020 44:17


    The witch boy tries to defeat the queen.

    Episode 104: The Old King (Sleep pt 5of6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 21:52


    The witch boy is imprisoned beneath the castle.

    Episode 103: Audience with the Queen (Sleep 4of6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 19:53


    The witch boy sneaks into the throne room to meet the queen.

    Episode 102: Cobbling (Sleep pt 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 13:08


    A witch boy tries to find his way into a castle.

    Episode 101: Awakening (Sleep pt 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 24:42


    The witch boy wakes up to an uncertain future.

    Episode 100: Sleep

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2020 22:51


    A kingdom is struck by a sleeping curse.

    Episode 99: Buckle to Branchford

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 18:30


    A girl finds her walk takes an unusually long time.

    Episode 98: The Lampmaker

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2020 10:30


    A lampmaker gets a strange request.

    Episode 97: Gravestone

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2020 23:25


    A girl tries to find out when she will die.

    Episode 96: Master of Coin

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 19:35


    A coinmaster finds a dangerous problem in his treasury.

    Episode 95: The Brewers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2020 15:25


    A brewer searches for the secret of the perfect pint.

    2019 Holiday Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2019 64:39


    This year features five listener-submitted stories! Me, Irene and the Bear Make Three by Elliot Wolfgang Falkus Ogg M'Gogg by Christine Faught The Fairy Kettle by Deborah Markus Curiosities by Maddox Campbell The Hollows by Jeannette Cravens

    Episode 94: The Boy Who Wouldn't Stop Growing

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2019 17:20


    A boy grows at a fantastic rate.

    Episode 93: The Raven Ghost

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2019 9:28


    A ghostly raven visits a small chapel and its people.

    Episode 92: The True King

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 11:19


    A king seeks a magical solution to an invasion.

    Episode 91: Doors

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 12:24


    A tailor finds a door through time.

    Episode 90: Seeds

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2019 26:54


    A farmer finds a magic seed.

    Episode 89: Mermaids

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2019 15:23


    A constable on his nightly rounds encounters a mermaid.

    Episode 88: Quiet

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2019 14:35


    A couple who argue all the time lose their voices.

    Episode 87: The Pauper's Bride

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2019 12:17


    A pauper posters a small city asking for someone to marry him, and the populace responds in an unexpected way.

    Episode 86: Mirrors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2019 11:30


    A woman arrives home finding herself already there.

    Episode 85: On the Field

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2019 13:27


    A boy faces a difficult choice on a battlefield. This episode may be a bit dark for younger listeners.

    Episode 84: The Servant and the Lady

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2019 9:13


    A servant gets lost in endless hallways.

    Episode 83: Castle in the Lake

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 11:07


    A fisherman finds a castle that rises out of a lake.

    Episode 82: Story for Sale

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 10:18


    A merchant sells a story at a crowded market.

    Episode 81: The King's Birthday

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2019 8:21


    A king tries to get away from it all.

    Episode 80: Teacup

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 8:37


    A princess's temper gets out of hand.

    Episode 79: The Brightest Star

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2019 11:59


    A man realizes he's not at all special.

    Episode 78: Primrose and Cloud Dust

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2019 13:04


    A woman finds some wishes and tries to save them.

    Episode 77: Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2019 7:33


    A stranded sailor meets a mermaid.

    Episode 76: Farming

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2019 11:29


    A talking cat shares its wisdom.

    Episode 75: The Trade

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2019 10:19


    A bankrupt merchant makes a trade with a mysterious woman.

    2018 Holiday Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2018 61:03


    Happy holidays! To celebrate, I bring you five original stories by listeners to the show. The Fairy King by Emmarayn Redding Meliora and the Devil by Deborah Markus (16:30) The Dragon and the Runt by Lisa Dawn (33:20) Small Red Footprints by Marissa Peterson (39:25) Ice Captives by Lynden Wade (49:25) Emmarayn Redding can be found at www.writinginrivendell.blogspot.com or on her Facebook author page. Her books are The Quest for the Ivory Sword and The Madman of Elkriahl and Other Fairy Tales. Deborah Markus has published a young-adult novel called The Letting Go. Lisa Dawn's website is www.theprincessblog.org. She also has some Amazon novellas, which can be found at www.amazon.com/author/lisadawn. Lynden Wade can be found at quillsquotesqueensquests.wordpress.com.

    Episode 74: Tiny

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2018 11:52


    A woman steps on a village on her way to her well.

    Episode 73: Crunch of Snow

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2018 15:36


    A soldier chases a woman through a snowy forest, but he doesn't find what he expects.

    Announcement

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2018 1:42


    Announcement about Woodcuts: A Fairy Tale for Unwanted Children, now on Amazon as an eBook and paperback.

    Episode 72: The Cabinetmaker and Death (pt 5 of 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2018 25:44


    In the final episode of the Cabinetmaker series, the cabinetmaker faces death in his quest to return to the living.

    Episode 71: The Cabinetmaker's Father (pt 4 of 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2018 26:06


    The cabinetmaker finds his father in the afterlife.

    Episode 70: The Cabinetmaker and the Underworld (pt 3 of 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2018 25:54


    The cabinetmaker finds himself in the afterlife.

    The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2018 9:25


    It's Hallowe'en/Halloween, and to celebrate, I've brought in a guest author -- one of my favourite writers.  This is his story about a man and his pet bird who don't get alone.  

    Episode 69: The Cabinetmaker and the Duchess (pt 2 of 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2018 20:57


    The cabinetmaker meets a duchess hiding behind the back panel of a cupboard.

    Episode 68: The Cabinetmaker (pt 1 of 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2018 8:39


    A cabinetmaker finds an intact cupboard in the ruins of an old house and takes it home. Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!  And happy new Doctor Who!

    Episode 67: Dead Man's Clothes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2018 13:56


    A man finds a suit that makes him rich.

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