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Like A Prince
An Anthology of Gay Fairytales
edited by
Cecilia Tan and Rachel Kincaid
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Like A Prince: An Anthology of Gay Fairytales
edited by Cecilia Tan & Rachel Kincaid
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Table of Contents
Introduction
5
Captivated
7
JulieCox
TwoBalls
22
AlexandraErin
LePetitStringRouge
34
KiernanKelly
GooseBoy
42
MoniquePoirier
ToMarket
57
ElizabethSchechter
Contributor’sNotes
74
Introduction
Fairytales(andtheircousinsfables,myths,andfolktales)havebeentoldand
retoldsincebeforethewrittenword.Theirdetailschangefromgenerationto
generation,andculturetoculture.Namesandsettingsshiftandmothersbe-
comestepmothersastheneedsofthestorytellerchange.Thistraditionhasn’t
ended with modern times: contemporary writers such as Neil Gaiman and
FrancescaLiaBlockhavewroughtbeautifulandhauntingversionsofoldsto-
ries,andtherearealreadyadozenpublishedbooksoferoticfairytales—most
ofthemstraight,butnotallofthem.Sowhyputtogetheranotherone?What
canonemoresetofreworkedCinderellaspossiblycontribute?
Fairytales were originally conceived as, essentially, indoctrination and
trainingforyoungchildren.Ineverytellingtheyrevealandreinforcetheval-
uesoftheculturethatcreatedthem:littlegirlswhodon’tlistentotheirmoth-
ers will be cruelly devoured, and young women who are too eager to use
forbiddenspinningwheels(orlosetheirvirginities,howeveryouwanttoread
it)willbepunished.Wetellthesamestoriesnowforthesamereason,butwe
changethemtoimpartthemessagesthatwewantotherstoknow,andthatwe
ourselvesneedtohear.TheancienttaleofCinderellaofferedhopethatgood-
heartednessandhardworkcouldsecureahappylifewheresupericialbeauty
andtrickerycouldnot.Themodern“Cinderellastory,”seeninformsfromthe
excitingnewlesbiannovel
Ash
byMalindaLotoJenniferLopezmovies,tellsus
thatwedeservetobehappyevenifwearepoororoverworkedoruneducated
orofcolororgay.
Withthisinmind,thesigniicanceofthestoriesin
Like A Prince
becomes
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