25 Stories, 11 writers, 1 city.
This collection of fairy tales for grown-ups contains dark moral tales,
historical fiction, sci-fi, comedy, fantasy, crime, memoir and surreal
fiction. All the stories have been freshly-written and all are set in and
around the UK’s only island city.
No chocolate box visions or soppy princesses in sight, the writers
have used this magical genre to explore grown-up dilemmas, such as
money problems, fear of rivalry in a relationship, floods, memories
and changing bodies.
Find out why the real Guildhall clock is buried in an underground
city to save time. Hear about the man who wished himself onto a ship
in a whisky bottle. Discover why a Victorian detective joined forces
with the circus to fight Spice Island’s criminals. Embrace your bank
statement or the ghost ship will get you.
Some stories delve into the city’s rich island geography, others focus
on rural Hampshire, its cow pats, mushrooms and breweries. Some
have taken their favourite urban location and woven it into
fantastical narratives that stretch back to Victorian times, or forward
to a dystopian future.
Raw, mischievous, dark and yet familiar, these tales showcase a city
bubbling with literary minds.
Portsmouth Fairy Tales Promenade was a series of creative writing workshops, readings, promenade and a fairy tale map all made possible thanks to support using public funding by Arts Council England. Download your free fairy tale map of the city at facebook.com/PortsmouthFairyTales
This collection of fairy tales for grown-ups contains dark moral tales,
historical fiction, sci-fi, comedy, fantasy, crime, memoir and surreal
fiction. All the stories have been freshly-written and all are set in and
around the UK’s only island city.
No chocolate box visions or soppy princesses in sight, the writers
have used this magical genre to explore grown-up dilemmas, such as
money problems, fear of rivalry in a relationship, floods, memories
and changing bodies.
Find out why the real Guildhall clock is buried in an underground
city to save time. Hear about the man who wished himself onto a ship
in a whisky bottle. Discover why a Victorian detective joined forces
with the circus to fight Spice Island’s criminals. Embrace your bank
statement or the ghost ship will get you.
Some stories delve into the city’s rich island geography, others focus
on rural Hampshire, its cow pats, mushrooms and breweries. Some
have taken their favourite urban location and woven it into
fantastical narratives that stretch back to Victorian times, or forward
to a dystopian future.
Raw, mischievous, dark and yet familiar, these tales showcase a city
bubbling with literary minds.
Portsmouth Fairy Tales Promenade was a series of creative writing workshops, readings, promenade and a fairy tale map all made possible thanks to support using public funding by Arts Council England. Download your free fairy tale map of the city at facebook.com/PortsmouthFairyTales
