Butterflies have always fascinated me, which is just one of the reasons I wrote this article for a regional magazine years ago. With “puddle parties” right around the corner, I decided to share this piece on the legends and myths found in the Southwest. Enjoy! One bright summer day, the Creator sat under a treeContinue reading “Legends & Myths: Immortality in a Butterfly’s Wing”
Monthly Archives: June 2017
Hath No Fury! Story Announcement!
It has been a year since a traumatic twist of fate sent me hurtling 20 mph, face-first into the gravel-strewn asphalt near the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. Just days after celebrating the fact that I survived that cycling accident and all of the related complications, I received notice that my short story “A Seed Planted”Continue reading “Hath No Fury! Story Announcement!”
Disenchanted: Contemporary Issues Revealed with a Fairy Tale Twist
In the fall of 2015, I happened across the short story “Little Man” by Michael Cunningham in The New Yorker. As a collector of fairy tales, both old and new, I immediately recognized this strange and surprisingly modern twist on “Rumpelstiltskin.” Cunningham revisited this and several other well-known fairy tales in his collection A WildContinue reading “Disenchanted: Contemporary Issues Revealed with a Fairy Tale Twist”
Carina Bissett 