Once Upon a Fact

"Once upon a time" is a magical phrase; an incantation that conjures stories into being and gives them life. What we now call "fairy tales" outlived their original creators, outlasted their descendants, and one day might very well survive the death of our species. When, and if, humanity leaves this planet, fairy tales will make the journey too -- into the far-flung reaches of the galaxy and into the distant dimension of the future.

How different will the fairy tales of the future be from the stories told around hearth fires a thousand years ago? I suspect they will be utterly different and yet completely familiar.

-- from Katherine Tomlinson's introduction

The Seed Stitch Solution, by Ginn Hale
How to Marry Off Your Human, by Shauna Roberts
Whitey and Red: The Hunt for Ursa, by Bonnie Hearn Hill
The Plague of Hamelin, by Clare Toohey
The Bear, the Hare, and the Spider, by R.C. Barnes
The Pretty Duckling, by Unni Turrettini
The Artifact on Svijet Five, by Kat Parrish
Ella and the Ball, by Kaye George
The Gift of the Crystals, by Cate Parker
The Girl with the Cybernetic Hands, by John Donald Carlucci
Chosen One, by Maki Morris
Mermaid in Manhattan, by Melanie Kinder
The Empress’s New App, by Stacy Renee Lucas
Alice Through the SnapFace Filter, by Megan McCord
Los ahogados (The Drowned), by Kathleen Alcalá
Bluebeard, by Kitamu Latham-Sampier
The Frog Prince, by Stephanie Vega-Gonzalez
Beast, by Christine Pope