Desire and Delirium Series by Catherine Johnson

The Desire and Delirium series are fairy tales; familiar, but not as you know them. Strange Safety is based (loosely) on Goldilocks and the Three Bears. In the original fairy tale, Goldilocks was an obnoxious little girl - not so in this short story. In this retelling, she is a woman seeking safety, shelter, food. She finds a seemingly abandoned house in the woods and has no choice but to trust in the goodwill of the owners when they return... moreThe Desire and Delirium series are fairy tales; familiar, but not as you know them. Strange Safety is based (loosely) on Goldilocks and the Three Bears. In the original fairy tale, Goldilocks was an obnoxious little girl - not so in this short story. In this retelling, she is a woman seeking safety, shelter, food. She finds a seemingly abandoned house in the woods and has no choice but to trust in the goodwill of the owners when they return. In the original fairy tale, the three bears are a family, and so they are in this story, although they are a band of brothers bound by circumstances thicker than blood. When they find a strange woman has made herself at home in their house, there's only one thing to do... less

Sure, everyone knows the story of what happened to me before I married the Prince. They know all about my evil stepmother and my shallow-as-a-puddle stepsisters. They know all about my mysterious, wish-granting guardian. They know all about the balls, the gowns, and the crystal slippers. What they don't know is what happened afterwards...