Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Zactainian Fairy Tales
    Zactainian Fairy Tales
    Zactainian Fairy Tales
    Ebook79 pages41 minutes

    Zactainian Fairy Tales

    By Nicholas Zahn

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Remember those old fairy tales your mother used to read to you at bed time?
    Remember how warm and safe they made you feel while you were snug in your bed? Well get ready to read em’ again in a whole new way!
    Join the rough and tough new alien race of the Zactainians as they give these old stories a hilarious twist!
    You’ll get that nice nostalgic feeling with a kick of excitement. BAM!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLand Literature
    Release dateMar 2, 2013
    Zactainian Fairy Tales

    Related to Zactainian Fairy Tales

    Related ebooks

    Fantasy For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Judges

      Mar 10, 2024

      The doctors assured me the shrapnel in my leg would do no further harm if they “let sleeping dogs lie,” or at least less harm than trying to take it out would cause. “Hey,” I asked them. “What if it decides to cut its way out all on its own?” My grea

      12 min read

    • Article

      Yara And The Witch Queen

      Oct 1, 2019

      I knew the dangers of witchcraft. My parents had told me about the time before I was born, when magic plagued our desert kingdom of Bahati. Untrained witch doctors trying to cure warts ended up paralyzing their patients or turning them into crocodile

      10 min read

    • Article

      Sweet Fantasy

      Nov 20, 2021

      Sweet Fantasy
      8 min read

    • Article

      Elf Quest

      Nov 30, 2022

      Elf Quest
      11 min read

    • Article

      We Are All Of Us Animals

      Sep 1, 2022

      We Are All Of Us Animals
      5 min read

    • Article

      Lit Hub Recommends

      Sep 21, 2018

      Lit Hub Recommends
      4 min read

    • Article

      When Mollusks Fall in Love

      Nov 16, 2017

      Outside of gothic works of fiction set in Transylvania, we rarely read of enduring friendships that have been initiated by a bite. But that is exactly how nature writers Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas—the two extraordinary, quirky, and i

      9 min read

    • Article

      Three Poems

      Mar 1, 2019

      I was like you once, a sealed plastic bag of water filters floating on the sea. I thought my numbers proved my time and space on earth. I thought having children was a way of creating more love. I thought thoughts I was ashamed to speak in case they

      15 min read

    • Article

      Clam Down

      Apr 13, 2017

      Clam Down
      9 min read

    • Article

      Playing God

      Apr 10, 2023

      After Jack was abducted by the alien spaceship, and after the round vessel had vanished into the Milky Way, he found himself walking down a tubular corridor with white vibrating walls, escorted by a sinuous blonde who smiled graciously and said her n

      13 min read

    • Article

      What’s It Like to Be Me Right Now?

      Nov 6, 2018

      What’s It Like to Be Me Right Now?
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Bargain

      Dec 10, 2022

      “Which one of you owns G2V3889?” Cygnus glided through a luminescent star field suspended in the center of an otherwise dark, oblong studio, then turned in a slow circle to survey the twenty Agents surrounding him. “Come on, speak up.” Vega shuddered

      16 min read

    • Article

      THE FIRST FIVE PAGES: KJ Maitland

      Apr 1, 2021

      Writing historical crime thrillers often feels like one of those crazy circus acts where you have to stand on the backs of two galloping horses, with one foot on each, trying to keep your balance. One of the horses is the historical facts, the other

      6 min read

    • Article

      The Growing And Weeding Of Dandelions

      Dec 10, 2021

      The boardroom looked like it belonged in an office building, not a spaceship. The chairs had rolling wheels, there was a cup full of pens on the table, and the floor was carpeted. Spin gravity wasn’t a luxury on the Dandelion, it was a given. Faux wi

      10 min read

    • Article

      100-WORD-STORY COMPETITION Winners

      Aug 16, 2022

      We’ve been delighted by the huge response to our 100-word-story competition. The entries have flooded in thick and fast during the past few months, but while we’ve enjoyed reading every story, only a few can come out on top! You, our readers, voted t

      5 min read

    • Article

      May The Fort Be With You

      Nov 2, 2023

      May The Fort Be With You
      14 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Aug 28, 2023

      Books
      6 min read

    • Article

      How the Cicada Screams

      Dec 1, 2020

      How the Cicada Screams
      7 min read

    • Article

      TheBattle For Peace

      Nov 1, 2021

      Hi, I am Alice, welcome to my nightmare. Trouble always finds me. I was one of the one hundred people in this world who had magic running through my veins. I was placed in the school of magic. It was sick! You could learn to brew up good potions for

      4 min read

    • Article

      Four Poems

      Jan 1, 2023

      1. Wine-makers say it’s the complex flavorcreated by the singular terrain of place: the kinds of minerals in the soilfiltered through the soft pulse and coil of earthworms; the curl of fog that snakesaround blushed grapes like wisps of smoke; the tas

      6 min read

    • Article

      A Symposium On The Mysterious

      Sep 1, 2023

      A Symposium On The Mysterious
      24 min read

    • Article

      The Wind Feels Loss

      Aug 8, 2019

      The Wind Feels Loss
      7 min read

    • Article

      Before You Melt Into The Sea

      Feb 3, 2022

      Before You Melt Into The Sea
      11 min read

    • Article

      Five Poems

      Jul 1, 2019

      There is no difference between a murdererand a sip of wine. Delight is stoppingthe flow of blood. Let lifewilt on the hand. Let crystalsevaporate. Everyone finds his position,dead or alive. The poet is a craftsmanwho makes social balance possiblefor

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Last Word with Jonathan Weiner: The more science knows, the more rich and mysterious the world becomes.

      Nov 27, 2014

      Jonathan Weiner is one of our favorite science writers. He animates topics like evolution and genetics with personal stories about pioneer scientists that read like adventures you don’t want to end. You can go to the Galapagos Islands to marvel at bl

      6 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Zactainian Fairy Tales

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Zactainian Fairy Tales - Nicholas Zahn

      {cbook_preview_excerpt.htmlXrIXq^SMELєJd03x1p~H7{.)rsis>pqr ~xypyswsy^_޼Y=\^߫ ><_?>Dζcp:z4N5{u}nm6Q%Ztw!vI]w6p0q}Ø?|vt>0ڤLVᇳ !}XMLk%' ɋ+j&)=Gw y3uӬڅO95FQi/T6jvF'%#hJE/Z;[z8D;뇓vo!YNҲAak: *ұ0gmb 8Dj'i MF!3*q1C/Ku/_^ۻ뻇Í] . x>W߫ŻnxOghzx`1}x퍎ygyo&t_?xջ?aA^[ƒHzU?FYy~On<2=iiQY[o? ǿ՗}hȰQQge>ê۳ )4F_C@0|ID 1:04.mL-pxeh_ ծ7;V{KgkJgSX ٫Nb\Z Uԭ!<[Z&,^IwtVZtg|) xPFFB˖Mi;Yg~ X'1qzrHxF5.=uI )+V#@e $^t^M0;5(H[gR0&>roѢ0 %ԴQ;={_IK$3a K<3UQa^?v8cW 879o/NZd^^WM` 0}>$RY LXVDG +7M Y .0+L!,D) KoBHTrhM 4#-Ӝx-!?w^yS/ o"`ť_T<}^E@W}I3阪&t{yU¹Qh 0.Y`ˎJ5ٙ? 2=J0ɡڐNYS,2Tk%XMxIǜ!.uvluzW"!  `O=qqT7^D%8л ĊBq7_I1=ŅH9ZTk楒=/bO`W_Y L!t qKpsڳT-yW|`RG?-E2QaT而@cD궵.½2X,.=L< mtלŶ Pt눦g0th>- r ޫj'q?]\-2~XMԇw_ѹ.*g(0@4p0M( K6m|wC{V4J,7^IBXJˋG*Z#Ԑq^ x0ZR] 1.(šR *{ȋSv-"faivBY@vp)Ν|vnc^(ݠCނ\(wٽZ6H/`}iL%U^-}.'X KLUxC*ڡY-BrHٹu\2o23f`r׎|(M wUP`Cɸ9@f~dcj GnL,҉D7,Ѣpm@8j@-K&!_aH\g4he(@LgؾY-a{j}Kv59֤@ʔ.(>,⏋8 Y8m"ܡep#g׀]eY[@ bdK+Hҧ},Bre>0e}kגe,a>F <Ds"PrIO&$t/S`!CT@/+׾cP6)ڧv|BTT
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1