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Author: Peter Cashorali

📘 Gay fairy & folk tales by Peter Cashorali

Peter Cashorali’s *Gay Fairy & Folk Tales* retells traditional fairy stories for a modern, sophisticated audience, drawing from classic sources such as the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Perrault, as well as Irish, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, Yiddish, Chinese, and Gypsy folklore. The thirteen stories explore themes of coming out, love, trust, aging, mortality, HIV, caregiving, grief, and renewal, while introducing a diverse cast of characters—models, photographers, designers, woodcutters, and others—within the familiar framework of magical dwarves, sprites, talking animals, princes, and kings. The collection offers a humorous and compassionate lens on contemporary gay life through the timeless medium of fairy tales.

First publish date: 1997

Genre: LGBTQ+ Fiction/Gay Fiction

Authors: Peter Cashorali

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