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| − | [[Image:EnchantedTimes.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Enchanted Times by Su Mwamba]]
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| − | '''Enchanted Times''' was first published in 2009. It is an ongoing series of A5 (/half-size) zines written by [[Su Mwamba]], featuring revisionist short story versions of traditional fairy tales and other related features. Later issues feature guest editorials and artwork by additional writers and artists working within the re-told fairy tale genre.
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| − | The ''Enchanted Times Mini'' zine is released at random intervals between issues, featuring previews of and alternative perspectives on the stories to be featured in the next full-size edition. The short stories/flash fiction tend to veer from the traditional happy ending while the supplementary features and ''Mini'' editions are of a more light-hearted nature.
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| − | The ''Enchanted Times'' has also spawned a number of additional related mini-zines including ''[[Once Upon a Haiku]]'' and the ''[[Goblin Market]] Coupon Book'' (featuring fictional ads & offers from ''Enchanted Times'' sponsors).
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| − | ===Enchanted Times===
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| − | ; #1 (November 2009)
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| − | : FREE GIFT Pre-enchanted needle and thread
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| − | : STORY Baba Yaga Still at Large
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| − | : STORY Lost and Found - the Princess and the Pea revisited
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| − | : STORY Look Before You Leap - the Frog Prince revisited
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| − | : PROJECT Baba Yaga Intuition Doll kit
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| − | : PROJECT Baba Yaga Escape kit, pre-enchanted tags
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| − | : PROJECT Princess and the Pea cross stitch chart
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| − | : PROJECT Red Riding Hood cross stitch chart - adapted from illustration by Jennie Harbour
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| − | : OTHER Letters to the Editor
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| − | : OTHER Small ads
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| − | ; #2 (August 2010)
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| − | : FREE GIIFT Pre-enchanted nettle yarn
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| − | : EDITORIAL Big Bad Wolf / Judging a Book by its Cover
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| − | : INTERVIEW Cinderella Sweeping, Cinderella's Weeping
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| − | : STORY The Ugliest Duckling
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| − | : STORY Splinter Part 1 (piecework)
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| − | : PROJECT Six Swans / [[DIY]] weaving loom postcard
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| − | : OTHER The Mirror book review supplement
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| − | : OTHER Letters to the Editor
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| − | ; #3 (May 2011)
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| − | : FREE GIFT Magic beans
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| − | : STORY Always pay the piper - the Pied Piper of Hamelin's 'confession'
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| − | : STORY Just Desserts - a melange of the Gingerbread Man and Hansel & Gretel tales
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| − | : FEATURE He said, she said - Red Riding Hood witness statements sourced by guest reporter [[Penelope Harris]], plus illustration by Holly Mitchell
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| − | : PROJECT Hansel & Gretel in cross stitch
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| − | : PROJECT 'The millet reached the sky' - a counted thread embroidery pattern
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| − | : OTHER Fast-As-You-Can Weight Loss Plan - gingerbread recipe & fictional advertisement feature
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| − | : OTHER Runaway Snack Attack - an open letter from the Magical Objects Restoration Society, forwarded by Onyx Mail Services
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| − | : OTHER The Mirror book review supplement
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| − | : OTHER Small ads
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| − | ET#3 was also released in a black & white edition, without the Magic Beans free gift.
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| − | ; #4 (February 2012)
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| − | : STORY Naked - the story of the nightingale behind the Emperor’s recent & shameful public exposure. Includes illustration by Holly Mitchell.
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| − | : STORY An Exceptional Clothier by guest reporter Anne E. Johnson – revealing secrets about the Emperor’s New Clothes, Cinderella and more
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| − | : STORY Rates of Exchange - the tale of a simple barter gone dramatically wrong
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| − | : INTERVIEW The Art of Gold - in which a friend and colleague of Rumpelstiltskin presents a defence of the dwarf's actions
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| − | : PROJECT The Nightingale - a cross stitch chart
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| − | : PROJECT WeaveWorld presents a DIY Swatch-Weaving Tutorial (faux advertisement feature)
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| − | : OTHER Small ads
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| − | : OTHER The Mirror book review supplement
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| − | : OTHER Puzzled Page, including 2 word puzzles derived from micro-fiction re-tellings of Red Riding Hood and Snow White
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| − | ===Enchanted Times Omnibus===
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| − | ; #1 (September 2011): re-issuing the best bits from the out of print issues ''Enchanted Times'' #1 and ''Enchanted Times'' #2
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| − | : EDITORIAL Big Bad Wolf / Judging a Book by its Cover
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| − | : STORY The Ugliest Duckling
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| − | : STORY Look Before You Leap - the Frog Prince revisited
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| − | : STORY Lost and Found - the Princess and the Pea revisited
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| − | : PROJECT Red Riding Hood cross stitch chart - adapted from illustration by Jennie Harbour
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| − | : PROJECT Princess and the Pea cross stitch chart (revised from earlier edition)
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| − | : PROJECT Baba Yaga Escape kit, pre-enchanted tags
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| − | : OTHER Small ads
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| − | [[Image:ET3.5_set.png|270px|thumb|right|Enchanted Times Mini #3.5 by Su Mwamba]]
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| − | ===Enchanted Times Mini===
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| − | ; #0.5 - peas in our time (July 2011)
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| − | : EDITORIAL announcement of the royal engagement including
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| − | : first public appearance of the bruised Princess
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| − | : a warning from the Enchantments Protection Agency regarding a proliferation of blemish agents on the black marketplace
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| − | : a few words with the Queen's Gardener, Herr Mendel, about varieties of Pea
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| − | : PROJECT revised chart for Princess & Pea cross stitch pattern previously available in Enchanted Times #1
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| − | : OTHER Small ad from an Enchanted Times sponsor
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| − | ; #2.5 - the sweetest thing? (November 2011)
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| − | : EDITORIAL addressing such issues as:
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| − | : the Gingerbread Man's reputation as a potential psychopathic killer
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| − | : the Fast-As-You-Can Courier Company's practice of rehabilitating escaped Gingerbread Men
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| − | : Hans & Greta March's growing 'monopoly' of the Enchanted Realms' commercial sector
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| − | : first public appearance of the bruised Princess
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| − | : OTHER free sachet of Fast-As-You-Can CoCo Cocoa
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| − | : OTHER reading list of homicidal gingerbread in fiction
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| − | ; #3.5 vol. i - Spin! (June 2011)
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| − | : FEATURE A letter to the Queen from Mr R. Stiltskin's solicitor regarding non-payment of bill for services
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| − | : OTHER Small ads from Enchanted Times sponsors offering related services
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| − | : printed on recycled paper embedded with flecks of golden straw
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| − | ; #3.5 vol. ii - Cover up! (July 2011)
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| − | : FEATURE Reprint of postcard received from an Enchanted Times reporter on location in the Big City, including a heavily censored message regarding a scandal involving the Emperor
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| − | : EDITORIAL A consideration of the corrupt practices of City Bureaucracy
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| − | : OTHER Small ads from Enchanted Times sponsors
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| − | ; #3.5 vol. iii - Express delivery! (July 2011)
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| − | : FREE GIFT A mini-sheet of Enchanted Realms postage stamps/labels ([[mail art]])
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| − | : EDITORIAL A special edition announcing the Enchanted Express Mail Services (EEMS) decision to make Enchanted Realms postage stamps available cross-border into the real world & consideration of EEMS' potentially controversial sponsorship deals
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| − | : FEATURE Design notes on the new Enchanted Realm postage stamps
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| − | : OTHER Small ads from Enchanted Times sponsors
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| − | ; #3.5 vol. iv - A Fair Exchange (December 2011)
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| − | : FEATURE STORY A full length, limited edition preview from forthcoming ET#4
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| − | : OTHER Small ads from Enchanted Times sponsors
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| − | ; #3.5 vol. v - Upon Reflection (January 2012)
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| − | : EDITORIAL An investigation into reports of Truth-Be-Told mirror malfunctions with case studies relating to the Snow Queen, the Emperor (& his New Clothes), and Snow White
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| − | : OTHER Small ads from Enchanted Times sponsors
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| − | : OTHER The search continues for "a man of diminutive stature described as "ugly, bandy-legged, and with an unpronounceable name"
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | ; [http://enchantedtimes.wordpress.com/ Enchanted Times journal]
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| − | : updates on & between issues, including extracts from zines, e-zine previews & additional content
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| − | [[Category:Zine]]
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| − | [[Category:Zines from the UK]]
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| − | [[Category:2000's publications]]
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| − | [[Category:2010s publications]]
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