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Patchwork Fairy Tales

New stories, stitched together with the thread of once upon a time. This is a collection of inclusive fairy tales written and recorded by Laura Simons to spread old magic in a new way. You want single fathers, pansexual princesses, found families, sapphic dragons, sword wielding ladies and asexual heroes? Then you"ve come to the right place!

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20:51

The Dance Mistress and the Master Seamstress

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2020/04/29

A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the dancing, the dressing and the royal assignment. Two extremely talented sisters are called to the royal court to attend to the Queen’s only child and find that even they may not be up to the challenge. Read the transcript for this episode here. Find everything about this podcast and my other projects on laurasimons.com. Follow this podcast on Tumblr or Twitter! Check out composer Kai Engel, who wrote the theme song “Holiday Gift”. Penny for a tale? You can

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10:05

Matters of fae and fostering

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2020/04/22

A Patchwork Fantasy Snippet full of faerie lore and urban fantasy professionalism. In which a surprised social worker gets a visit from two very enthousiastic fae. Read the transcript for this episode here. Find everything about this podcast and my other projects on laurasimons.com. Follow this podcast on Tumblr or Twitter! The music used in this episode is from purple-planet.com. Penny for a tale? You can tip your storyteller on Ko-fi!

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29:46

The Creature in the Lake

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2020/04/15

A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the siblings, the curse, and the salamanders. A curious young woman sets out to see something of the world, and stumbles upon a lonely creature hidden in a dark lake. Read the transcript for this episode here. Find everything about this podcast and my other projects on laurasimons.com. Follow this podcast on Tumblr or Twitter! Check out composer Kai Engel, who wrote the theme song “Holiday Gift”. Penny for a tale? You can tip your storyteller on Ko-fi!

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09:58

Once upon a time in a graveyard

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2020/04/08

A Patchwork Fantasy Snippet full of found family and ghosts. Two long dead best friends find an unusual visitor in their graveyard. (Content warning for child abandonment, but also child finding.) Read the transcript for this episode here. Find everything about this podcast and my other projects on laurasimons.com. Follow this podcast on Tumblr or Twitter! The music used in this episode is from purple-planet.com. Penny for a tale? You can tip your storyteller on Ko-fi!

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29:17

The River Sprite

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2020/04/01

A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the river, the debt, and the sick child. A woman helps a weakened river sprite and finds that this sprite now considers herself indebted to her until she has repaid the saving of her life. Read the transcript for this episode here. Find everything about this podcast and my other projects on laurasimons.com. Follow this podcast on Tumblr or Twitter! Check out composer Kai Engel, who wrote the theme song “Holiday Gift”. Penny for a tale? You can tip your

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06:28

On the importance of lawyers

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2020/03/27

A Patchwork Fantasy Snippet full of urban fantasy Greek mythology. In which an unsuspecting lawyer gets a visit from Hades and Persephone. Because I think we could all use some extra cheerfulness right now, be safe everyone x Read the transcript for this episode here. Find everything about this podcast and my other projects on laurasimons.com. Follow this podcast on Tumblr or Twitter! The music used in this episode is from purple-planet.com. Penny for a tale? You can tip your storyteller on

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33:13

The Enchanted Garden

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2020/03/19

A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the woods, the roses, and the weeds. After having eaten a stolen fruit from it when just a child, a young woman feels compelled to sneak into a witch’s garden just one more time. Read the transcript for this episode here. Find everything about this podcast and my other projects on laurasimons.com. Follow this podcast on Tumblr or Twitter! Check out composer Kai Engel, who wrote the theme song “Holiday Gift”. Penny for a tale? You can tip your storyteller on

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18:52

The Boy of the Birds

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2020/03/05

A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the king, the garden, and the feather cloak. A greedy king tries to catch the bird that keeps stealing treasures from his royal garden, and ends up capturing a young shape shifter. Read the transcript for this episode here. Find everything about this podcast and my other projects on laurasimons.com. Follow this podcast on Tumblr or Twitter! Check out composer Kai Engel, who wrote the theme song “Holiday Gift”. Penny for a tale? You can tip your storyteller on

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19:07

Special: Coffee and Faerie Cakes

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2020/02/19

Rule number one: never steal from a faerie... To celebrate the halfway point of this podcast here is a special episode: the first chapter of my urban fantasy book Coffee and Faerie Cakes, which also works as a short one-shot. So come on over to hear about my nonbinary fae running a coffee shop! And you can read the full book for free here! I welcome any feedback, on this special, the fairy tales and the podcast in general! If social media isn't your thing, you can contact me at

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22:04

The Baby on the Beach

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2020/02/05

A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the ring, the kelpie, and the helpful animals. A young man grows up with the blessing of the animals that inhabit the beach where he grew up and takes this luck with him on a quest to find the perfect ring to propose to his sweetheart. Read the transcript for this episode here. Find everything about this podcast and my other projects on laurasimons.com. Follow this podcast on Tumblr or Twitter! Check out composer Kai Engel, who wrote the theme song “Holiday

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14:09

The Grateful Genie

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2020/01/22

A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the young man, the bottle and the unwished wishes. A kind young man frees a genie and has a very hard time convincing said genie that he truly does not need the traditional three wishes in return. Read the transcript for this episode here. Find everything about this podcast and my other projects on laurasimons.com. Follow this podcast on Tumblr or Twitter! Check out composer Kai Engel, who wrote the theme song “Holiday Gift”. Penny for a tale? You can tip your

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23:23

The Frost Lady

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2020/01/08

A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the frozen mountain, the little town, and the cold journey. From the top of her frozen mountain, the lady of ice and frost allows a little town to plunge into eternal winter, not expecting anyone brave enough to come to confront her. Read the transcript for this episode here. Find everything about this podcast and my other projects on laurasimons.com. Follow this podcast on Tumblr or Twitter! Check out composer Kai Engel, who wrote the theme song “Holiday Gift”

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25:11

The Suitable Suitors

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2019/12/25

A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the heirs, the trials, and the valiant ladies. A wise king and queen wish to see both their daughter and son well married before deciding which one of them should take the throne, and two brave noblewomen present themselves to woo them. Read the transcript for this episode here. Find everything about this podcast and my other projects on laurasimons.com. Follow this podcast on Tumblr or Twitter! Check out composer Kai Engel, who wrote the theme song “Holiday

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13:46

The Man and the Mermaid

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2019/12/11

A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the pretty girl, the patient man, and the kind mermaid. After losing the woman he thought he wanted to marry, a man meets a mermaid and finds out he didn’t lose anything after all. Read the transcript for this episode here. Find everything about this podcast and my other projects on laurasimons.com. Follow this podcast on Tumblr or Twitter! Check out composer Kai Engel, who wrote the theme song “Holiday Gift”. Penny for a tale? You can tip your storyteller on

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24:57

The Three Miracles

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2019/11/27

A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the tired queen, the yearning prince, and the remarkable artist. Before he will agree to take the throne, a young prince begs to be shown three actual miracles, because he isn’t ready to rule and feels like he knows nothing of the world. Read the transcript for this episode here. Find everything about this podcast and my other projects on laurasimons.com. Follow this podcast on Tumblr or Twitter! Check out composer Kai Engel, who wrote the theme song “Holiday

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25:00

The Four Dolls

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2019/11/13

A Patchwork Fairy Tale: the one with the servant, the wizard, and the marionette. A determined girl finds herself keeping house for a wizard and finds out that those who came before her did not fare well. Read the transcript for this episode here. Find everything about this podcast and my other projects on laurasimons.com. Follow this podcast on Tumblr or Twitter! Check out composer Kai Engel, who wrote the theme song “Holiday Gift”. Penny for a tale? You can tip your storyteller on Ko-fi!

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