That's the thing about being the product of happily marries parents, You grow up thinking the fairy tale is real, and more than that, you think you're entitled to live it. So far, though, it wasn't working out as planned.

And without further argument he unsheathed the sword and cleaved Miss Foxe's head from her neck. He knew what was supposed to happen. He knew that this awkward, whispering creature before him should now transform into a princess - dazzlingly beautiful, free, and made wise by her hardship.

That is not what happened.

As for fairy tales, he understood that they were reflections of the people who had spun them, and were flecked with little truths - intrusions of reality into fantasy, like toast crumbs on a wizard's beard.

বাস্তবের সব গল্পের সুন্দর সুন্দর সমাপ্তি থাকলে ভালো হয়। বাস্তবের গল্পগুলির সমাপ্তি ভালো না। রূপকথার মতো সমাপ্তি বাস্তবে হয় না।

I don't write fantasy, I write reality. Also, my novels have roots to Greek tragedies and as such, there has to be tragedy.

Yesterday's fairy tale is today's fact. The magician is only one step ahead of his audience.