We all know that’s the proper way for a fairy tale to begin. Yet here’s the opening of a fairy tale by Steven Brust: “You want to know what good is? I’ll tell you what good is. My freshman year at the ...

Many children dream of stepping into fairy tales. When they become adults, those dreams inspire some of them to build their own fairy tale homes in the real world. And not all fairy tales take place ...

MGM RELEASED “The Wizard of Oz” in 1939, just as an official armistice was being declared in the Spanish Civil War. Armed resistance to the fascist government continued for years in Spain (it melted ...