Oberon and Titania are lord and lady of the fairy colony that resides in the backyard of a mortal family’s home. When news of King Pan’s future visit reaches them, Titania insists on owning an exquisite crown to impress the King and Queen. In steps Puck, a mischievous fairy who enters the mortals’ house and steals the woman’s wedding ring, a perfectly sized crown for the fairies.

Laura and Neil, mortals, own the property on which the fairy court resides. Their marriage, like most things untended, is rapidly dissolving. Laura’s ring vanishing is the last straw.

A For Sale sign staked in the yard is enough to spur Lord Oberon into action. Can he remind the humans of the times they loved and laughed? And will it be enough to keep them from selling the property?

A Crown for the Fairy Queen is a very slow-paced short story with a poorly executed but solid plot. The scenes can be divided into three areas: Laura moping, Neil moping, fairies having sex. While I absolutely adored fairyland and its descriptions (even the very self-absorbed Titania), I had a hard time feeling any sympathy for the humans. Cooking casseroles and letting oneself go is not a way to catch and keep a husband’s eye. On Neil’s side, working a zillion hours and retreating to the computer’s comforting inhumanity when home, isn’t very endearing either. The story ends with the two humans reunited, but for how long?