Illustrations by Carolyn Figel

My Wild Weekend at FairyCon

Greetings from the Fairy & Human Relations Congress, where the fairies may be pretend but the magic is real

Once upon a time, in a bright meadow, I came upon a young woman crying to herself. She was on her knees, sobbing, folded over, her face buried in the earth. “What’s wrong?” I hurried over to ask. Her eyes flashed. She looked — there’s no…