Issue two: table of contents

A cornucopia of treats for Issue Two of The Orange & Bee

Illustration by E Tönnies published in the magazine jugend (1897). the title of the image (radi-weiberl) translates as radish-wife.

1 June 2024: editorial and traditional tale

• Issue two: Editorial by Carina Bissett

• ‘Maid Maleen’, transcribed and edited by the Brothers Grimm. Introduced and annotated by Carina Bissett.

14 June: reading roundtable

• Reading Angela Carter’s ‘The company of wolves’ by Nike Sulway

Still from Neil Jordan’s film The company of wolves. The screenplay was co-written by Jordan and Carter, and based on her short story of the same name.

21 June: poetry

• ‘Gingerbread’ by Stephanie M Wytowich

• ‘The eighth blessing’ by CSE Cooney

5 July: essay

• ‘What is a traditional fairy tale?’ by Nike Sulway

Illustration for a 1912 German-language edition of ‘Jungfrau Maleen’ (Maid Maleen) by R Leinweber, wood engraver Richard Brend’amour.

26 July: short story

• ‘Loving stone’ by Diana Dima

2 August: flash fiction

• ‘My good children’ by Sandy Parsons

• ‘Fairy tales for drowning girls’ by Bree Wernicke

16 August: writing roundtable + interview

• Writing roundtable #2

• An interview with writer and editor Michael Earp, editor of Everything under the moon: fairy tales in a queerer light (2024).