Mickey Gatz

What do businesses like a fast food chain McDonald’s, a soft drink company like Coca-Cola, a scotch tape manufacturer like 3M, and a retail giant like Walmart have in common? What does a coffee maker like a Starbucks and a wholesale hardware store...

Cinderella's the new Fairy Tale Princess in town but she's feeling a bit nervous about her first royal tea party. With famous princesses such as Snow White, Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty attending, can a girl who married into royalty fit in? Can...

If you thought Rapunzel had hair problems, you haven't read anything yet!On the Happily Ever After University campus, Goldilocks is one of the harshest critics you'll ever meet. Her scathing reviews have made this Fairy Tale character one to avoid....

Meet Hannah: shy, introverted and weighing in at a might 300 pounds, not exactly Ms. Popularity on her College Campus. Meet Lisa: muscular, lean, blonde and star basketball player. You wouldn't know it by looking, but Lisa and Hannah are childhood...

You may have heard the tale of Beauty and the Beast, but you've never heard it told like this.When young Claire is seduced by the handsome but shallow Duke Gastard, it's not long before she meets a she-wolf who may have a secret of her own. In this...

You've read the story of Pinocchio, but have you read the story of his daughter, Pinocchia?In this wacky satire, watch as Pinocchio's daughter gets into trouble in a world of smartphones, night clubs and, let's not forget, Jackasses! Watch and laugh...

The Only Tragedy in this Swan Princess is Having No Social Life.You've Heard of Swan Lake?Well, this Dance takes place in a University Far, Far Away.As all the Fairy Tale Kings and Queens are having their Happily Ever Afters, Odette's stuck dancing...

Have you heard the news? It's all over campus!Rapunzel, you know, the blonde with the really long hair? Turns out she's got an infestation of lice and it's harder to know what's spreading faster: the louse or the gossip.It's up to Thumbelina to go in...

You've heard of the tale of Snow White and her Prince Charming, but is not that story.In the faraway land of Enderland, Queen Alice marries into the royal family and isn't too keen when her stepdaughter, Snow White, comes of age. When Snow White...

Life in Oakroy, Pennsylvania is about as far and away from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia as a cactus is the ocean. But, when you're the single daughter to Malcolm O'Malley, a large man who's about as stuck to the 1980's as a hand is stuck in a peanut...

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”Have 16 words managed to be wildly interpreted in over the 200 years since America was founded? Have a vast majority of laws, mandates and...

What's a Farm Girl to do when a cute boy asks her out on a date but a Fairy doesn't approve?Thumbelina's a long way from home and on campus, studying hard to find her Happily Ever After. So when the Tom Thumb of legend asks her out for lunch and...

It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's... Thumbelina?Believe It or Not, Thumbelina isn't just walking on air, she's practically soaring through it! How can a thumb sized girl from the farm fly without wings? And what's Tinker Bell scheming up to? Now that...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Thumbelina, Sleeping Beauty, Tinkerbell and the Princess and the Pea all hung out together in the same college?Wonder no more! In this funny short story, witness as Thumbelina sees Sleeping Beauty and...