Vasilisa the Terrible: A Baba Yaga Story
Fairy tale/dark fantasy
Adult (suitable for Young Adult too, but not for small children)
February 27, 2018
Blurb:
Fairy tales depict Vasilisa as beautiful, brave, and fair. But what if terrible was a better description? Baba Yaga has been called everything from a murderous witch to an ambivalent guardian between the living and the dead. But what if she was simply an observant, skeptical elderly woman who was cast out of society for being different?
A small village is filled with fear after Vasilisa reports seeing a witch in the nearby cursed woods. Neighbors turn on each other, the land turns bone dry, and bodies begin to pile up. Baba Yaga quickly becomes the primary suspect. Meanwhile, Vasilisa uses her beauty and charisma to bewitch the minds and hearts of every other villager. But is she truly a witch or is something else responsible for all of this mayhem?
This dark reimagining of Vasilisa the Beautiful encourages readers to look beyond the attractive surface to find the ugly evil hidden within.
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