Storytelling Appreciator Mugs

Ali Baba- Cover Design for Proposed Edition of The Forty Thieves

Trilby - 'Et maintenant dors, ma mignonne!'

'Actually I was hoping to meet a knight in shining armour!'

"Do you see yourself becoming a movie in five years?"

"Feel free to take notes."

'Where was the TSA?'

'You're going to have your future cut out for you, reading bedtime stories.'

Audio Books

"Finally, the alphabet is paying off."

"How was I supposed to know that the apple was a controlled substance?"

'Dad's bedtime story was decent, but the special effects were non-existent.'

Grizzly bears are gregarious animals.

Eurydice is bitten by a snake

"Siri, who’s the fairest of them all?"

Goodnight Moon for the Misbegotten

Ant story: 'and so they worked all day and they worked all night and then they worked some more, the end.'

This is the new Director's Cut version of Hansel and Gretel...with additional scenes and three alternative endings!!!

See, Catty-O? I told you dinner was included with admission.

"What your memoir really needs is an addiction."

'You were great at 'Daniel in the Lion's Den!' -- I'd sure like to hear you do 'The Three Little Pigs' sometime!'

"And that's when the therapist suggested… exposure therapy!"

'I've had the place gob-stopper-dashed.'

'Fyodor Dostoevsky sends weeks describing Alexy Karamazov's quest for a white whale, and then discards the entire chapter."

A Witch Consults Her Magic Mirror

"What did Jesus order?"

Hansel and Gretal

Cinderella and Charming the Clown

"You're writing a memoir? You're seven years old. Do you honestly think you can capture the interest of readers with such a short—wait, is that my name?!"

"I'm sad to hear everybody lived happily ever after. That means no sequels to this story."

Jacques et Jille

"It's true, mommy...the chocolate bunny attacked me - it was self-defense!"

'And the wicked stepmother looked into her smartphone and said, "Selfie, selfie in my face, who's the fairest in this place?"

Alberich steals the gold

"I'll bet she was worn out by the end of teacher's meeting day."

"Personally, I loved your novel. Unfortunately, our e-book editor says it just doesn't work on the little screen!"