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The inspiring tale of a forgotten hero: In 1990, a single dad got fed up with the billboards for cigarettes targeting Chicago’s Black neighborhoods.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

Brimming with confidence, he said: "I look like I am from a fairy tale, I am the most handsome man in England."

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Inexplicable malevolence, dread-filled moods and worrisome behavior haunt his genre-speckled oeuvre, from 1997’s unnerving serial-killer freak-out “Cure” through his vengeance-fueled internet cautionary tale “Cloud” from two years ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

This is a cautionary tale — and a teachable moment — for anyone who has a blended family, with children from previous marriages.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

A man strode by in a pristine white coat and high fur cap, like a hero from a Slavic fairy tale.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Miyazaki’s tales also tend to immerse us in supernatural domains existing parallel to our own, as if reality masks more ethereal, life-affirming realms.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Novels about country mice who move to the city are frequently grim tales of innocence lost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

She recalls other witches from folk tales like Baba Yaga, frightening characters but also, she says, “women possessing an innocence that had been eroded over the years by the harshness of life.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

There are tales of visionary ambition that, more often than not, don’t pan out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

In the coming months, the media reprinted and rehashed each other’s old stories, and ran speculative tales about the frozen northlands.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock