I've written numerous articles and essays over the years on myth, folklore, and fairy tale subjects, published in a wide variety of American and European magazines, journals, and books. The following pieces are can be read online:
Cinderella: Ashes, Blood, and the Slipper of Glass
Bluebeard and the Bloody Chamber
Godfather Death: Death in Fairy Tales
Les Conte de Fées: The Literary Fairy Tales of France
Old Wives Tales: Women's Fairy Tale Art and Literature, Old and New
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let Down Your Hair
Snow, Glass, Apples: The Story of Snow White
The Path of Needles or Pins: Little Red Riding Hood
Married to Magic: Animal Brides & Bridegrooms
One is for Sorrow, Two is for Joy: The Magical Lore of Birds
The Symbolism of Rabbits and Hares
Fairies in Legend, Lore, and Literature
Lost and Found: The Orphaned Hero
The Dark of the Woods: Rites-of-Passage
Dawn, Dusk, and the Days of the Dead
Sacred Springs and Other Water Lore
The Road That Has No End: Tales of the Traveling People
I've also published biographical essays and nonfiction on magical literature and art in magazines and books in the US, England, and France (including the books pictured above). The following pieces can be read online:
On the Pre-Raphaelites and Writers of Fantasy
On the Pre-Raphaelites: Then and Now
From Fairy Tales to Fantasia: The Art of Kay Nielsen
Portrait Painter to the Fairies: The Art of Brian Froud
Pathways Through Enchanted Land: The Art of Alan Lee
Rose and Thorn: The Art of Thomas Canty
A Dream of Apples: The Art of Charles Vess
Myth and Magic: The Art of Kinuko Craft
Myth and Metaphor: The Art of Jacqueline Morreau
Shape-shifters: Art Inspired by Human-Animal Transformation Myths
The Green Man & the Green Woman: Art Inspired by Forest Myths
Alchemy and Puppetry: A Prague Sojourn
White as Ricotta, Red as Wine: The Magical Lore of Italy
The art at the top of this page: Walter Crane (1845-1915), Kay Nielsen (1886-1957), Edmund Dulac (1882-1953), Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898)
