Modern Storyteller Gifts

Chalkboard says, What I did on my holidays. Boy asks: "Can't I just email you a link to my blog, miss?"

' And after getting an excellent divorce settlement, Cinderella married an even more charming prince, and lived happily ever after.'

"The third little pig built a super strong brick house so The Big Bad Wolf couldn't break in and violate the rules of social distancing."

"If he doesn't go nuts first, he'll be the first person to ever write a novel on a cell phone."

The Fall of Man

Two Generations of Readers

"OMG! No one read my blog!"

A mobile phone reads bedtime stories.

'So the prince and princess lowered their expectations, became savvy consumers, the lived reasonably contented forever after'

' . . . and then the policeman said, I'm sorry Red Riding but you'll just have to pull it down.'

'Does this book come with director commentary.'

'I like the way you have Jack and Jill go up the hill with a lawyer.'

The boy who texted Wolf.

'Luckily, we're leaving carbon footprints, so we'll always be able to find our way back home.'

'It's ok - he's online.'

'Oh, that's in case I get offered more than just a kiss.'

"Goldilocks just tweeted, 'The porridge is too hot'."

Rapunzel's Alopecia

Cancel culture.

Fables for the Millennial.

Shepherd and eurydice

"And the last little piggy cried, 'Oui, oui, oui' all the way home."

'I'm reading aloud, Jeremy - My lips are SUPPOSED to be moving!'

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

"Thor! I am Thor! Ha. Just kidding. I'm Tom the Seagull."

"You're very interesting, for a civilian."

'I hate to be so skeptical, but I still think the seance business is a hoax!'

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

"I think the most rewarding part of caring for elderly parents is when they call you because they don't want to bother the 9-1-1 people."

"What's that? I asked for a teal lichen. That's a brown thread. Are you trying to upset me?"

"These are the very weapons your mother and I used in our famous duel."

"Another dry scotch Manhattan, Mike. Make it a double."

"When I grow up, I'm writing the Great American App."

'I didn't dedicate my book, A Lifetime of Wine Tasting, to my 3 ex-wives and nine kids, because they made it possible. I did it because they made it necessary.'

'Goodness, no Doctor, my husband is not calling you any insulting names. He's a duck and that's the only word he knows.'