Take a walk in the woods and you never know what you might find there. A young girl once beautiful now cursed with facial deformities, learning to love what's within. Two sisters once estranged finding their way back home. A little girl going to visit her grandmother, unaware of the generational trauma she carries. An unappreciated scullery maid who takes matters into her own hands. An eligible maiden rewarded for her courage and bravery in the face of abuse. The five reimagined fairy tales in As If By Magic and Other Tales ask the reader to consider motive and consequence, and root for the underdog in the face of adversity.