The Tree Hugger: A Dystopian Fairy Tale

Heidi Garrett

Aug 2014 · Once Upon a Time Today Book 3 · Half-Faerie Publishing

About this ebook

Born and raised in the Free Territories, Magnolia Lee Winthrop prefers the company of trees and nature to spending time with most people. Although she's not much of a talker, she's got plenty of strong opinions about life and how it should be lived, just like her grandmother. But it's her best friend, Graham, who understands their deep connection to the earth. 

The Tree Hugger is a dystopian retelling of Han's Christian Andersen's "The Dryad." 

Once Upon a Time Today is a collection of contemporary fairy tale retellings for those who have already left home. The Girl Who Believed in Fairy Tales is a prelude to the collection and includes the three short stories: 

"The Girl Who Watched for Elves" 
"The Girl Who Dreamed of Red Shoes" 
"The Girl Who Couldn't Sing" 

Novellas in the Once Upon a Time Today collection: 

Beautiful Beautiful 
Dreaming of the Sea 
The Tree Hugger 
I Am Lily Dane

Tags: Dryad, Dystopian, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Fiction, Green, Grief, Hans Christian Andersen, Happily Ever After, Literature, Loss, Magic, Magical Realism, Mother & Daughter, Novella, Once Upon a Time Today, Paranormal, Romance, Short Read, Spirituality, Supernatural, Survival, Teen, Young Adult

About the author

Heidi Garrett writes metaphysical and visionary fiction in the epic fantasy and contemporary fairy tale genres.

She's the author of the Daughter of Light series, a fantasy about a young half-faerie, half-mortal searching for her place in the Whole. She's also the author of the contemporary fairy tale novella collection, Once Upon a Time Today. In these stand-alone retellings of popular and obscure fairy tales, adult characters navigate the deep woods of the modern landscape to find their Happily Ever Afters.

Heidi has also collaborated with B. J. Limpin on the yummy paranormal romance, Cupcakes & Kisses.

Visit Heidi's blog at www.heidigarrett.com or signup for her sporadic newsletter at http://eepurl.com/wWKUj.

Heidi was born in Texas, and in an attempt to reside in as many cities in that state as she could, made it to Houston, Lubbock, Austin, and El Paso. After spending a decade in Southern California, she now lives in Eastern Washington state with her husband, their two cats, her laptop, and her Kindle. Being from the South, she often contemplates the magic of snow.