Manelle Oliphant: 19 books

A giant steam-powered monster is wreaking havoc in the port town of Dargee and Sarah Parrish is determined to find out how the machine works. She spends a lot of time in the library reading books on the subject. But will all that knowledge come in handy when she meets the machine in real life?

This short poem, together with its illustration implies a story where a man was put under a spell and forced to marry a troll. As part of the celebration after the wedding he writes her love poetry, only the spell is wearing off. This is his poem.

A curse has turned Princess Ingrid's six brothers into swans. In order to break it, she must sew a shirt for each brother out of nettles, and she can't speak until her task is complete. She has worked for years and not uttered a word but now her life is in danger because of the schemes of...

A princess's kingdom is being attacked by dragons. Her parents are dead and her brother is injured. If the dragons can kill her the human kingdom won't have any leaders. During a battle, the princess is cornered under a bridge by a dragon. No help is near.

A fairy tale about a preacher who feels he should help an old woman under his care, but she's not nice, and he'll have to walk in the cold to get to her house. He goes anyway and meets a fairy on the road who is bent on stopping him.

Tiffanie Barton was brought up to be a lady of quality. The only problem is she spends much too much time with her father the city's police chief. She learns the finer points of sparing and helps him investigate crimes. For the last few months, they have been after a notorious gang of art thieves...

A short fairy tale retelling of Hans My Hedgehog based on the Brother's Grimm fairytale of the same name. A princess has promised her father she will marry a man who is half hedgehog and half human.

This is a story about connecting to our ancestors and understanding ourselves better because of it. Clayton struggles to fit into his family. He has red hair and is haunted by a ghost. Could finding out who the ghost was help him understand himself better?

One night a man waits in a dark hallway for his favorite ghost. Entering a haunted house and waiting for her has become something of a pass time for him. But tonight it's Halloween and things are different. This time the ghost can interact with him. Does she like the man that's been watching her every night?

This is a short Cinderella retelling told from the point of view of the prince. What was he thinking when he said he'd marry a girl because her foot fits into a shoe? Why did the shoe fit only Cinderella? What did he think about the stepsisters?

Vanity is about a man who learns through the help of a fairy how silly it is to be vain. He is the Mayor of his town, but the need for attention and competition with a fairy loses him the next election.

On her 13th birthday, Maddie chooses to go to the Zoo with her parents and her best friend Machelle. Only there is one problem, Machelle doesn't seem to be excited about the animals. All she wants to talk about are boys and clothes. To make things even worse, Machelle won't stop texting her friend...

In this short story, Cecily loves Sir Gray. She loves they way he rides his horse and how handsome he is. She thinks about him all day, makes plans to impress him, and imagines conversations with him. She does everything she can think of to get his attention, except talk to him. She's a dreamer, and dreaming alone doesn't get you what you want.

A retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Beast is a cyborg hiding in his manor house from the town's people he should be protecting. Beauty is his servant who urges him to do his duty. Will he step up in time to help beauty save her cottage from the manipulative estate manager? Continued in Cyborg Beast Part 2: The Beauty This story can be read for free at Talesfantastic.com