About The Orange & Bee
The Orange & Bee publishes original and contemporary short stories, poems, and essays that explore, expand on, and subvert the rich traditions of international folklore, with a strong focus on fairy tales (though we also sometimes dabble in other forms of folklore, such as fables, myths, and legends). We also publish traditional tales accompanied by annotations, discussion questions, and writing prompts.
But our real and not-so-secret mission is to build a community—a virtual salon—around our shared passion for fairy tales.
In addition to publishing short stories, flash fiction, poetry, and essays, which are freely available to all of our readers, we host regular Writing roundtables and Reading roundtables for our paid subscribers.
Writing Roundtables
Writing roundtables are for our paid subscribers only, and are online, asynchronous conversations about writing for writers.
Reading Roundtables
Reading roundtables are for everyone (free to all subscribers!