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Webcomic subscription service
Modern Tales was a webcomics publisher active from 2002 to 2012, best known for being one of the first profitable subscription models for digital content
Modern_Tales
in the categorizing of fairy tales, folklore, fables, myths, and legends, a modern definition of the literary fairy tale, as provided by Jens Tismar's
List_of_fairy_tales
Story collection by Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) are an anthology of twenty-four short stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer
The_Canterbury_Tales
2002 young-adult fantasy novel by Holly Black
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale is a young-adult fantasy novel written by Holly Black. It was published in 2002 by Simon & Schuster, who recommended it for
Tithe_(novel)
2026 collection of stories by Danny McBride
Thrilling Tales of Modern Men is a collection of ten short stories by the actor and comedian Danny McBride. First published on June 23, 2026 by Random
Thrilling_Tales_of_Modern_Men
European fairy tale
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern Tales for Our Life and Times, a book in which thirteen fairy tales were rewritten. Garner's adaptation of
Little_Red_Riding_Hood
Genre of fiction
types of fairy tale parodies: one focused on mocking the fairy tale genre and individual tales themselves, and the other, reformatting tales to include more
Fairy_tale_parody
2005 novel by Holly Black
Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie, is a young adult urban fantasy novel by Holly Black. It was published in 2005 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Valiant_(novel)
German fairy tale
Grimms' Fairy Tales, numbered as Tale 53. The original title was Sneewittchen, which is a partial translation from Low German. The modern spelling is Schneewittchen
Snow_White
Greek Sea nymphs, daughters of Nereus
Nicolaos Politis amassed a great amount of modern folkloric material regarding the neraida. In modern tales from Greek tellers, the neraides are said to
Nereids
Webcomic publisher
He was the founder and publisher of the Modern Tales family of webcomics websites, which included Modern Tales, Serializer, Girlamatic, Webcomics Nation
Joey_Manley
2010 American film
Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale is a 2010 American teen musical comedy-drama film directed by John and Sean Dunson and starring Ashlee Hewitt and Sterling
Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale
Elle:_A_Modern_Cinderella_Tale
Comics published online
On March 2, 2002, Joey Manley founded Modern Tales, offering subscription-based webcomics. The Modern Tales spin-off serializer followed in October
Webcomic
2007 novel by Holly Black
Children and Young Adult Literature portal Ironside: A Modern Faerie Tale is a young adult urban fantasy novel by Holly Black. It was published in 2007
Ironside_(Black_novel)
2003 video game
Tales of Symphonia is an action role-playing video game developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco for the GameCube. The fifth main installment
Tales_of_Symphonia
primarily for newspapers or magazines. Primary sites for webcomics are Modern Tales, Serializer and KeenSpot. The following lists include only newspaper
List of newspaper comic strips
List_of_newspaper_comic_strips
2001 film by Brian Helgeland
Knight's Tale", part of The Canterbury Tales, and also draws several plot points from Chaucer's work. A Knight's Tale was released by Columbia Pictures in
A_Knight's_Tale
The Handmaid's Tale is an American dystopian television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood. The
List of The Handmaid's Tale episodes
List_of_The_Handmaid's_Tale_episodes
American writer and critic
Horse. She collaborated with various artists to write webcomics for the Modern Tales-family of webcomic subscription services in the early 2000s, and write
Shaenon_K._Garrity
feature. After a hiatus from the fairy tale genre, the modern Disney company once more looked to classic fairy tales during the late 80s and 90s, resulting
List of Disney animated films based on fairy tales
List_of_Disney_animated_films_based_on_fairy_tales
Website
most financially successful website, and encouraged him to turn his Modern Tales sites partially free as well. Webcomics Nation began merging into Josh
Webcomics_Nation
Brief work of prose fiction
legends, mythic tales, folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, fables, and anecdotes in various ancient communities around the world. The modern short story
Short_story
European folk tale
German as Aschenputtel by the Brothers Grimm in their folk tale collection Grimms' Fairy Tales in 1812. Although the story's title and main character's
Cinderella
Collection of Middle Eastern folk tales
North Africa. Some tales trace their roots back to ancient and medieval Arabic, Persian, and Mesopotamian literature. Most tales, however, were originally
One_Thousand_and_One_Nights
Webcomic subscription service
It was the third online magazine Manley established as part of his Modern Tales family of websites. Girlamatic was created as a place where both female
Girlamatic
from mythology, folklore and fairy tales is sorted by their classification or affiliation. Creatures from modern fantasy fiction and role-playing games
List of legendary creatures by type
List_of_legendary_creatures_by_type
attempted creation as a blasphemy with inevitable consequences, and modern tales range from apocalyptic warnings against blind technological progress
Robots_in_literature
Webcomic subscription service
included in the "Modern Tales’ 2003 Yearbook, Tallscreen Edition,” a 130-page full-color printed book of comics originally from the Modern Tales family of websites
Serializer.net
1981 studio album by Modern Eon
Fiction Tales is the only studio album by English post-punk band Modern Eon. It was released in 1981 on record label Dindisc and reached No. 65 on the
Fiction_Tales
Fictional story typically featuring folkloric fantasy characters and magic
fairy tales, which explicitly draw upon the original spirit of the tales, and are specifically for adults. Modern retellings focus on exploring the tale through
Fairy_tale
Mythical being or legendary creature in European folklore
tradition of such tales to write fairy tales, and Madame d'Aulnoy invented the term contes de fée ("fairy tale"). While the tales told by the précieuses
Fairy
Collection of German fairy tales
Grimms' Fairy Tales (German: Grimms Märchen), originally known as the Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen, pronounced [ˌkɪndɐ
Grimms'_Fairy_Tales
German fairy tale
is a German fairy tale most notably recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales (KHM 12). The Grimms'
Rapunzel
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Parson's Tale" is the final tale of Geoffrey Chaucer's fourteenth-century poetic cycle The Canterbury Tales. Its teller, the Parson, is a virtuous
The_Parson's_Tale
French author (1628–1703)
fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales, published in his 1697 book Histoires ou contes du temps passé. The best known of his tales include
Charles_Perrault
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Knight's Tale" (Middle English: The Knightes Tale) is the first tale from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. The Knight is described by Chaucer
The_Knight's_Tale
Role-playing video game series
subsidiary, Namco Tales Studio until 2011 and presently by Bandai Namco Studios. First begun in 1995 with the development and release of Tales of Phantasia
Tales_(video_game_series)
order to be able to access the rest. Modern Tales made approximately $6,000 USD per month in 2005. This "Modern Tales" family of websites created one of
Business_of_webcomics
Canadian cartoonist
Calling, as well as the dystopian comic Ice (originally published on Modern Tales). She drew backgrounds for the George of the Jungle animated series and
Faith_Erin_Hicks
1985 novel by Margaret Atwood
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, which is a series of connected stories (such as "The Merchant's Tale" and "The Parson's Tale"). It also alludes to the
The_Handmaid's_Tale
Manley's Modern Tales was a popular solution at the time, and Manley spun off websites such as Girlamatic and Webcomics Nation. Modern Tales had 2,000
History_of_webcomics
1st episode of the 8th season of Modern Family
"A Tale of Three Cities" is the season premiere of the eighth season of the American sitcom Modern Family. It aired on September 21, 2016 on American
A Tale of Three Cities (Modern Family)
A_Tale_of_Three_Cities_(Modern_Family)
Belgian art video game developer
Tale of Tales (Lo Cunto de li cunti), with their main series being retellings of fairy tales in the form of adventure games, each subtitled "a Tale of
Tale_of_Tales_(company)
American animated science fiction TV series
Things: Tales From '85' Brings the Upside Down to Animation". TheWrap. Retrieved July 9, 2025. Perez, Lexy (November 6, 2025). "'Stranger Things: Tales From
Stranger Things: Tales from '85
Stranger_Things:_Tales_from_'85
Fairy tale collection by Charles Perrault
Stories or Tales from Past Times, with Morals), or Contes de ma mère l'Oye (English: Mother Goose Tales), is a collection of literary fairy tales written
Histoires ou contes du temps passé
Histoires_ou_contes_du_temps_passé
American comics artist
webcomics at Modern Tales and was the original editor of Girlamatic. In 2002, Hernandez created the short webcomic Near Life Experience for Modern Tales. Hernandez
Lea_Hernandez
American author (born 1971)
(2025) The Modern Faerie Tales Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale (2002) Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie (2005) Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale (2007) The Curse
Holly_Black
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Cook's Tale" is one of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It breaks off after 58 lines and was presumably never finished, although some scholars
The_Cook's_Tale
1994 book by James Finn Garner
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern Tales for Our Life and Times is a 1994 book written by American writer James Finn Garner, in which Garner satirizes
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
Politically_Correct_Bedtime_Stories
Moldovan-Romanian writer
moved to Paris in 2008. She published her first book, Fabule Moderne (Modern Tales), in 2014. It was an anthology of stories on the topic of immigration
Tatiana_Țîbuleac
Romanian fairy tales: Basmele românilor [ro] (Basmele românilor. O colecție nemuritoare) is a series of volumes of Romanian fairy tales collected by 19th-century
List_of_Romanian_fairy_tales
Indian writer, performer and director
Dastan-e-Amir Hamza, he has innovated Dastangoi by using it as a medium to tell modern tales. Some of his adaptations include: A retelling of Vijaydan Detha's Rajasthani
Mahmood_Farooqui
British post-punk/new wave band
Modern Eon were a British post-punk/new wave band, formed in Liverpool in 1978. They released one album, Fiction Tales, on the UK label Dindisc in 1981
Modern_Eon
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Clerk's Tale" is one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, told by the Clerk of Oxford, a student of what would nowadays be considered philosophy or theology
The_Clerk's_Tale
1995 studio album by Primus
1995). "Primus: Tales From the Punchbowl (Interscope)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 11, 2017. Christgau, Robert (2000). "Primus: Tales From the Punchbowl"
Tales_from_the_Punchbowl
Holy War and Human Bondage: Tales of Christian‐Muslim Slavery in the Early‐Modern Mediterranean is a 2009 non-fiction book by Robert Davis, published
Holy_War_and_Human_Bondage
American cartoonist
"Tales by Tavernlight." Scott also produced a comic about his life as a newlywed called "Wedlock" for the early subscription comics site Modern Tales.
Scott_Kurtz
King of Jordan from 1951 to 1952
Jerusalem in 1951, and Talal became the king. Talal's most revered achievement as king is the establishment of Jordan's modern constitution in 1952, rendering
Talal_of_Jordan
Part of the Canterbury Tales
first of the "marriage group" of tales, which includes the Clerk's, the Merchant's, and Franklin's tales. The tale contains an example of the "loathly
The_Wife_of_Bath's_Tale
2003 British television series
of Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th-century Canterbury Tales. While the stories have been transferred to a modern 21st-century setting, they are still set along
Canterbury_Tales_(TV_series)
2021 video game
Tales of Arise is a 2021 action role-playing game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The seventeenth main entry in the Tales series
Tales_of_Arise
Supernatural being in Nordic folklore
harrying of Grendel but the cleansing of the hall of Beowulf, so the modern tales stress the moment when the trolls are driven off." Smaller trolls are
Troll
Brother duo of German academics and folklorists
and German cultural history. The first collection of folk tales, Children's and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen), was published in 1812. The Grimms
Brothers_Grimm
Webcomic by David Malki
2008, each episode of Wondermark also appeared on the webcomics site Modern Tales. In 2008, 2009, and 2010, Malki created 8-page Wondermark stories (entitled
Wondermark
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Shipman's Tale" (also called "The Sailor's Tale") is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It is in the form of a fabliau and tells the
The_Shipman's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Merchant's Tale" (Middle English: The Marchantes Tale) is one of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. After a prologue where the Merchant laments
The_Merchant's_Tale
Fairy tale by an identifiable author
Beaumont. From there it returned to the folkloric tales, and variants are known across Europe. The tale is classified in the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index
Literary_fairy_tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Man of Law's Tale" is the fifth of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, written around 1387. John Gower's "Tale of Constance" in Confessio Amantis
The_Man_of_Law's_Tale
Play by Shakespeare
Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, many modern editors
The_Winter's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Knight's Tale". The Miller's Prologue is the first "quite" that occurs in the tales. The general prologue to The Canterbury Tales describes the Miller
The_Miller's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Pardoner's Tale" is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. In the order of the Tales, it comes after The Physician's Tale and before The
The_Pardoner's_Tale
1818 novel by Mary Shelley
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Gilbert & Sullivan song
"I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" (often referred to as the "Major-General's Song" or "Modern Major-General's Song") is a patter song from
Major-General's_Song
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Tale of Melibee" (also called "The Tale of Melibeus") is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. This is the second tale in the collection
The_Tale_of_Melibee
Part of the Canterbury Tales
Prioress's Tale" is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It follows "The Shipman's Tale" in The Canterbury Tales and is followed by "The Tale of Sir
The_Prioress's_Tale
2006 film by Richard Kelly
Southland Tales was released, he announced the launch of Darko Entertainment. Kelly said: "[Southland Tales] will only be a musical in a post-modern sense
Southland_Tales
strip "Time". The Modern Tales family of websites closes in April. Joey Manley, founder of webcomic syndicates such as Modern Tales and Webcomics Nation
2013_in_webcomics
Archetype common to legends and folktales
original tales; the stereotypical hero is envisioned as slaying dragons even though, for instance, the Brothers Grimm had only a few tales of dragon
Princess_and_dragon
German fairy tale
ˈɡʁeːtl̩]) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of Grimms' Fairy Tales (KHM 15). Hansel and Gretel are
Hansel_and_Gretel
Part of the Canterbury Tales
group of tales centered around child characters or themes of childhood. Other tales in this cluster are the Prioress's Tale and the Pardoner's Tale. Virginius
The_Physician's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Franklin's Tale" (Middle English: The Frankeleyns Tale) is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It focuses on issues of providence, truth
The_Franklin's_Tale
Part of the Canterbury Tales
"The Manciple's Tale" is part of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. It tends to appear near the end of most manuscripts of the poem, and the prologue
The_Manciple's_Tale
Tale told in folklore to warn its listener of a danger
and grisly detail. Cautionary tales are ubiquitous in popular culture; many urban legends are framed as cautionary tales: from the lover's lane haunted
Cautionary_tale
1996 German film
Tales of Erotica (also known as Erotic Tales) is a 1996 compilation of four erotic short films directed by Ken Russell, Susan Seidelman, Melvin Van Peebles
Tales_of_Erotica
Irish myth
Grey Coat"; "Tale of the Carle in the Drab Coat") is the title of an Early Modern Irish (16th or 17th century, Egerton MS 154) Fenian tale. The bodach
Eachtra Bhodaigh an Chóta Lachtna
Eachtra_Bhodaigh_an_Chóta_Lachtna
Online advertising service
worked on implementing Project Wonderful on the subscription service Modern Tales in 2007. At its peak, Project Wonderful had around 10,000 publishers
Project_Wonderful
1978 short story collection by Samuel R. Delany
at the court. Greg Costikyan reviewed Tales of Neveryon in Ares Magazine #1. Costikyan commented that "In Tales of Neveryon [Delany] shows not only that
Tales_of_Nevèrÿon
Part of the Canterbury Tales
Thopas" is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, published in 1387. The tale is one of two—together with The Tale of Melibee—told by the fictive
Sir_Thopas
Qing dynasty book of short stories
as Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio, or literally Strange Tales from a Studio
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
Strange_Tales_from_a_Chinese_Studio
Albanian folktale
Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children". These tales refer to stories where a girl promises a king she will bear a child or children
The Youth and the Maiden with Stars on their Foreheads and Crescents on their Breasts
The_Youth_and_the_Maiden_with_Stars_on_their_Foreheads_and_Crescents_on_their_Breasts
American cartoonist, born 1965
Modern Tales subscription site Adventurestrips.com. After Adventurestrips folded, Jazz Age relocated to its own site, but still used the Modern Tales
Ted_Slampyak
Japanese folktale
Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson. Volume 1: Animal tales, tales of magic, religious tales, and realistic tales, with an introduction. Helsinki: Suomalainen
The Wife from the Dragon Palace
The_Wife_from_the_Dragon_Palace
2015 novel written by Holly Black
The book is a standalone but makes mention of characters from Black's Modern Tale of Faerie trilogy, establishing a shared continuity between that trilogy
The Darkest Part of the Forest
The_Darkest_Part_of_the_Forest
Japanese epic compiled prior to 1330
(1921): 1–354. B Watson, Tales of the Heike (2006) p. 5 B Watson, Tales of the Heike (2006) p. 5 H McAlpine, Japanese Tales and Legends (OUP 1958) p.
The_Tale_of_the_Heike
Form of modern folklore
horror, fear, or humor. Often they serve as cautionary tales. Some urban legends are morality tales that depict someone acting in a disagreeable manner,
Urban_legend
launches online comic distribution portal GoComics. The business model of Modern Tales changed drastically, incorporating an online advertising strategy, effectively
2005_in_webcomics
Constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union
IAU constellations. Ian Ridpath's Star Tales: Constellation Mythology and History – Ian Ridpath's Star Tales. VizieR – CDS's archive of constellation
IAU_designated_constellations
Book by Zheng Yi
Scarlet Memorial: Tales of Cannibalism in Modern China is a book of reportage literature by the Chinese novelist Zheng Yi. Zheng and a group of writers
Scarlet_Memorial
Folktale from Uzbekistan
the fairy tales vary, numbering 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 30, 40, 41 or 60. Similarities have been noted between tale type 707 and the Uzbek tale "Хасан и Зухра"
Zarlik_and_Munglik
Earliest Welsh prose stories
fragments of some of the tales have been preserved in earlier 13th century and later manuscripts. Scholars agree that the tales are older than the existing
Mabinogion
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Girl/Female
Muslim
Shinning light, Guiding light (1)
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Modern, Sanskrit
New; Modern; Fresh; Latest; Recent
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a habitational name from Madron in Cornwall. Alternatively, possibly from Madryn in Gwynedd, Wales.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Sensitive
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a dyer or seller of dye, from Middle English mad(d)er ‘madder’ (Old English mædere), a pink to red dye obtained from the roots of the madder plant.German and Dutch (Mader, Mäder) : occupational name for a reaper or mower, Middle High German mÄder, mæder, Middle Dutch mader.French (southwestern and southeastern) : metonymic occupational name for a carpenter.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Kobern, a habitational name from Kowarren, the German form of a place in Lithuania called Kavarskas, named in Lithuanian from kovoti ‘to forge’.English
Americanized spelling of German Kobern, a habitational name from Kowarren, the German form of a place in Lithuania called Kavarskas, named in Lithuanian from kovoti ‘to forge’.English : possibly a variant spelling of Cockburn.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Modest; Modern
Girl/Female
French, German, Latin, Spanish
Modest
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a diminutive of Moore 2 or 3.English : from an unattested Old English personal name, MÅrwine.Dutch : nickname for a grumbler, from Middle Dutch murren, morren ‘to grumble or growl’.
Male
Russian
(МодеÑÑ‚) Russian form of Roman Latin Modestus, MODEST means "moderate, sober."
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : origin uncertain; perhaps a nickname for a foster parent, from Middle English foden ‘to nurse or nourish’.
Female
Welsh
Welsh Arthurian legend name of the daughter of Avallach, mother of Mabon, and probably the prototype of Morgan le Fay, MODRON means "divine mother."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Morden in Dorset or Surrey, Guilden or Steeple Morden in Cheshire, or Moredon in Wiltshire, all of which were named in Old English as ‘hill (dÅ«n) in marshland (mÅr)’.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Indian, Modern, Muslim
Modern
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Mower.
Girl/Female
British, English, German, Russian
Supper
Boy/Male
Indian, Modern, Tamil
Modern
Girl/Female
Indian
Shinning light, Guiding light
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a person with a ruddy complexion, from an adjective derivative of Middle English mad(d)er ‘madder’, the dye plant (see Mader 1), here used in a transferred sense.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Loverun, Old English Lēofrūn, composed of the elements lēof ‘dear’ + rūn ‘rune’.
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