The Story So Far...

Two writers of a musical (a.k.a. 'The Creators') create a blog and ask people to post stories about their "fairy tale realities" for a project they're working on.  A letter arrives from a mythology professor, introducing her student, Ashley St. Helens Prince. A letter arrives from Ashley herself, which piques the curiosity of the writers. After a few flurries of letters, postcards, and emails, Ashley begins telling her story. In Chapter One, Once Upon a Time, Ashley recounts...

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Let's Put Our Feet Up!

And So it Begins! Thank you, friends, for being there for me as I finished writing this story. If it were not for my commitment to you, I wouldn't have made myself stick it through to completion. Knowing you were there, salivating for each new twist and turn, kept me accountable to the project. And now look what we've done. The blook is going to grow up to be an ebook. And the musical has come back to life. What Happens Next? Here is a short...

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A Five-Minute Survey

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A "Mirror Imag(in)e" Teaser....

Mädchen March, Ph.D. Castleton College Black Forest, OH 44883 July 25, 2010 My Dear Creatives, I just received the most delightful letter from Ashley about your work together, and I wanted to wish you well on your project. Ashley asked if I would write something about Nevada LeBlanc. Poor Nevada, what she went through really changed her. She worked for me during her Freshman Year, helping with one of my research projects on Urban Mythologies....

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Roll Credits

The Souls of Her Feet interactive BLOOK was brought to you by: Kristen Caven in collaboration with both the real and the fictional Michael O'Dell and the following artists: Frontspiece photo (artified): Gyorgy Vass Demos for "Big Bitch," "Ashley's Blues," and "If The Shoe Fits" Jenn Graham as Ashley (sung) and Brian Yates Sharber as Harry.  (Spoken parts & photo of Brian's feet by Kristen Caven) "When You Try to Clean With Dran-o" Kristen Caven using Autotune* "It's A Waltz" The robots at XtraNormal* New...

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Three Blocks from Broadway

From: FTR <info@fairytalereality.com> To: Ashley <ash-prince gmail.com>, <crankingitout@gmail.com> Date: Sunday, 28 August 2011 7:07:07
 Subject: Congratulations Ashley, Congratulations to you, Jeff, Harriet, and Peter on the newest little Princes... (and one is a Princess!) I hope you are recovering well and enjoying your first few days being the mother of twins. Michael and I are sending something along for the little ones. And here’s a treat for you: the video of the staged reading. We were only three blocks from Broadway!...

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That One Big Step

We crept back into the living room, hoping to grab them from the windowsill and go, but Sylvia was still sitting where we had left her, staring into space. Light played over her fraying hair from the glass beads when we moved the shoes. “Ashley,” she said, looking up, “I’m sorry.” Startled, I turned to look at her. I had never heard her say those words. Sylvia’s eyes went from liquid to solid in an instant, as her dominant and dominating persona regained control. “If you walk through that door, though, I swear to God, you will never get an...

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