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Eileen Maksym studied philosophy at Yale and theology at Boston College, and now uses both to write quirky fiction. Currently she is an academic nomad, following her astrophysicist husband around the world, three kids in tow. When not writing or kid wrangling, Eileen is a hopeless fangirl, and the creator and host of The Hopeless Fancast.
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The End
This story was first published on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021
Author Comments
When I wrote "Spin," I had just taken an online class that included the original Grimms' Fairy Tales. What struck me was how much the brothers altered their source material. For instance, they turned mothers into stepmothers out of a reverence for motherhood. And of course we all know what happened when Disney got their hands on these stories! That got me thinking about what those perfectly virtuous girls who live happily ever after were like before the Grimms and Disney had their shot at sprucing them up. And so was born Happily Ever After, Inc.
- Eileen Maksym
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