Overview

GRIMM REMIXED: VOLUME FIVE — Sequins, Shadows, and Sorcery

Once upon a time was unraveled, rewoven, and given sequins, shadows, and a touch of sorcery. Inside are 25 short retellings—some haunting, some glittering, some delightfully strange. Step in, if you dare…

Spotlight Stories

• The Thorns Remember (The Old Woman in the Woods) — Bavarian Black Forest, 1994: Lina steps into the pines with a paring knife, a photograph of Marta, and a first task whispered by the woods: The Knife Must Stay Clean.

• The Vanishing Point (The Fox and the Cat) — Prague keeps its own ledger of cunning: foxes in mirror shoes dazzle, but the silent cat survives. Eyeliner leaves a pawprint; the city remembers everything.

• The Raven (A Gothic Tragedy in Five Acts) (The Raven) — Alpine village, 1995. Lysander chases Corvina’s voice through radio static and monastery trials toward an Iron Key and a feathered gate. A spectral hacker watches the frequencies.

• The Glittering Hedge (Mother Holle) — Two sisters, Carys and Eleri, learn that Mother Holle’s world isn’t gone—it sleeps. Glitter falls as blessing or curse, depending on how you dance through trials.

• The Table, The Ass and The Bat (The Wishing Table, the Gold Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack) — Brooklyn, 2023. A queer arts collective fractures after rent hikes, a goat-in-a-tutu fundraiser, and a consultant with no patience for sacred hummus geometry. The city tests their magic of making-shared-things.

• Red Is a Real Bitch (Timeline 1) (Little Red Riding Hood/Le Petit Chaperon Rouge) — A viral @redvsthewolf clip, grandma’s cigarette, a cardboard sign—THIS HOUSE KILLS PREDATORS. The forest laughs in 60-second loops.

Also in this volume

Threadheart (Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle) ·

While the Kingdom Slept (The Three Sluggards) ·

The Bent Iron (The Nail) ·

The Shattered Sphere (The Crystal Ball) ·

The Last Nap Café: Final Fluffdown (Lazy Henry) ·

Crown & Canines (The Three Dogs) ·

The Taste of Heaven (God’s Food) ·

The Twelve Outsiders (The Twelve Apostles) ·

Glass Mountain Soundcheck (The Drummer) ·

The Rooster Beam (The Rooster Beam) ·

The Masquerade Reversed (The Old Man Made Young Again) ·

Howl, Old Sultan (Old Sultan) ·

The Golden Code (The Golden Bird) ·

The Palace Below the Stairs (Allerleirauh) ·

Reflector (The Twelve Dancing Princesses) ·

The Glitch and the Four (The Four Skillful Brothers) ·

Ashes and Sequins (The Twelve Brothers) ·

The Fiddler in the Briars (The Jew Among Thorns) ·

Stuck on You (The Golden Goose)

What makes this remix different?

— Queer, sharp, and modern — drag absurdism meets haunted forests and cursed couture.

— Urban grit, stage-light glow — from Prague squats to Brooklyn collectives.

— Stories with bite — grief and glitter in equal measure.

For fans of queer fantasy, folklore retellings, punk-lit, and anyone who likes their magic messy.

These stories aren’t bedtime reading. They’re after-midnight performances — staged in squats, whispered in forests, and shouted on dancefloors.

Grimm Remixed: Volume Five asks: what happens when fairy tales refuse to stay silent?

Answer: they stitch sequins to scars, and they shine.

And the story doesn’t end here…

The series continues in Grimm Remixed – Volume Six: Thrones, Threads, and Twilight. Coming soon — ready to hex your happily-ever-after all over again.