Fairy Tale Flash Fiction for a Cause!

I figure many of you on my friends page are already aware of Shira Lipkin, she who is known as shadesong and who created the far-flung and leagues-deep world of Shayara. You may know she has a daughter, who is bright and creative and following in her mother's footsteps to become a fantastic woman.

shadesong would like to be able to send her daughter, Elayna, to take some Exploration Summer Courses, although it's just as apt to say that Elayna really wants to go and has asked her mother if they could find a way. Some of the courses this awesome young lady wants to take include improv or musical theatre, short story writing, Japanese language/culture, and forensics.

So here's what they decided to do:

These lovely ladies are offering re-tellings of fairy tales, free of charge. You can read them on shadesong's livejournal, and I'll include links to each of them below. And if you like them, if you support Elayna's dream coming true, you can give them a donation by using the handy Paypal button at the bottom of each page.

And here's the fun part: if you donate, you get to vote! On what? On which girl's stories you liked the best. The girl with the most votes will send all sponsors a little something extra: a bonus story! (If you donate, make sure to put your vote in the comments field of the Paypal transaction.)

Without further ado, here are the stories they are weaving as they attempt to navigate the Wood and get Elayna to grandma's house signed up for those summer courses:

Rapunzel
The Princess and the Pea
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Cinderella
Rumplestiltskin
Hansel and Gretel - The Witch's Tale
Sleeping Beauty

For some information on how their project is going so far, read this post. Read this one too.