Jim Doran Bücher

Kingdom is a world filled with magic and monsters ruled equally by five fairytale queens. Sondra and Harold Saturn of Earth visit this fantasy land to help out their royal friends. On their latest arrival, they learn that a new king sits on the throne. This king has cast a spell on the queens and everyone in Kingdom to erase any memory of their rule or the queens' husbands. To break the spell, the queens must kiss their true loves. Easy? Hardly. Cinderella hates her former husband for forgetting her when he tried her slipper on everyone else. The Little Match Girl, left to a cruel world, doesn't trust anyone. Beauty only desires friendship from her beast-like companion, and the Marsh King's Daughter's husband is missing. And the eldest queen, Penta, never had a true love. With a villainous king tracking them and a mage who can't get her teleportation spell right, Harold and Sondra have their hands full pairing the queens with their husbands. And just when they think they have a plan for how to succeed in their quest, they find a new potential princess and must hide her from the king at all costs.

Welcome to Kingdom, a fairytale world of grand fantasy consisting of endangered pixies as well as industrious giants, wishing wells and imprisoned towns, sorcery and swordsmanship-and cursed corsets too. This collection offers up an ambitious young fairy who learns a secret that will change her life, a virtuous girl trying to make a living in a community harboring evil creatures, outcast dwarfs with loving hearts, and a princess who despises anyone who would save her life. Set among such diverse locations as Faerie Forest with its sparkling lights, a town populated only by criminals, and a farm where a runaway stepdaughter is welcomed, the legends of triumphant heroes and foul villains are captured within these six short stories.