Patchwork Fairy Tales
New stories, stitched together with the thread of once upon a time. This is a collection of inclusive fairy tales written and recorded by Laura Simons to spread old magic in a new way. You want single fathers, pansexual princesses, found families, sapphic dragons, sword wielding ladies and asexual heroes? Then you’ve come to the right place!
- Update frequency
- every 30 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 55
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Matters of fae and fostering
A Patchwork Fantasy Snippet full of faerie lore and urban fantasy professionalism.
In which a surprised social worker gets a visit from two very enthousiastic fae.
The Creature in the Lake
A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the siblings, the curse, and the salamanders.
A curious young woman sets out to see something of the world, and stumbles upon a lonely creature hidden in a dark l…
Once upon a time in a graveyard
A Patchwork Fantasy Snippet full of found family and ghosts.
Two long dead best friends find an unusual visitor in their graveyard.
(Content warning for child abandonment, but also child finding.)
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The River Sprite
A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the river, the debt, and the sick child.
A woman helps a weakened river sprite and finds that this sprite now considers herself indebted to her until she has repa…
On the importance of lawyers
A Patchwork Fantasy Snippet full of urban fantasy Greek mythology.
In which an unsuspecting lawyer gets a visit from Hades and Persephone.
Because I think we could all use some extra cheerfulness rig…
The Enchanted Garden
A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the woods, the roses, and the weeds.
After having eaten a stolen fruit from it when just a child, a young woman feels compelled to sneak into a witch’s garden jus…
The Boy of the Birds
A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the king, the garden, and the feather cloak.
A greedy king tries to catch the bird that keeps stealing treasures from his royal garden, and ends up capturing a yo…
Special: Coffee and Faerie Cakes
Rule number one: never steal from a faerie... To celebrate the halfway point of this podcast here is a special episode: the first chapter of my urban fantasy book Coffee and Faerie Cakes, which also…
The Baby on the Beach
A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the ring, the kelpie, and the helpful animals.
A young man grows up with the blessing of the animals that inhabit the beach where he grew up and takes this luck w…
The Grateful Genie
A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the young man, the bottle and the unwished wishes.
A kind young man frees a genie and has a very hard time convincing said genie that he truly does not need the t…
The Frost Lady
A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the frozen mountain, the little town, and the cold journey.
From the top of her frozen mountain, the lady of ice and frost allows a little town to plunge into ete…
The Suitable Suitors
A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the heirs, the trials, and the valiant ladies.
A wise king and queen wish to see both their daughter and son well married before deciding which one of them should…
The Man and the Mermaid
A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the pretty girl, the patient man, and the kind mermaid.
After losing the woman he thought he wanted to marry, a man meets a mermaid and finds out he didn’t lose a…
The Three Miracles
A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the tired queen, the yearning prince, and the remarkable artist.
Before he will agree to take the throne, a young prince begs to be shown three actual miracles, b…
The Four Dolls
A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the servant, the wizard, and the marionette.
A determined girl finds herself keeping house for a wizard and finds out that those who came before her did not fare …