Black Swan, White Raven |
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| Editor:
| Datlow, Ellen
Windling, Terri |
| Contribution by:
| Murphy, Pat
Fowler, Karen Joy
Hopkinson, Nalo
Yolen, Jane
Cadnum, Michael
Oates, Joyce Carol
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki
Clarke, Susanna
Friesner, Esther
Blumlein, Michael
Tem, Steve Rasnic
Frost, Gregory
Jacobs, Harvey
Kilworth, Garry
Bishop, Anne
Kress, Nancy
Westgard, Sten
Snyder, Midori
Webb, Don
Glassco, Bruce
Crowley, John |
| Series title: | Fairy Tale Anthologies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4976-6860-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
| Publisher: | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $9.99USD $9.99USD $9.99USD $9.99USD $9.99USD $9.99USD $9.99USD $17.99USD $8.99USD $8.99 |
Book Description:
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Dark and decidedly grown-up stories inspired by fairy tales--from New York Times bestsellers Karen Joy Fowler, Joyce Carol Oates, Susanna Clarke, and more. This collection from World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling proves that fairy tales don't have to be for little children and that
happily ever after doesn't necessarily mean forever. Here, the plights of Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Rapunzel, and others are...
More Description Dark and decidedly grown-up stories inspired by fairy tales--from New York Times bestsellers Karen Joy Fowler, Joyce Carol Oates, Susanna Clarke, and more.
This collection from World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling proves that fairy tales don't have to be for little children and that happily ever after doesn't necessarily mean forever. Here, the plights of Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Rapunzel, and others are reimagined by some of today's finest literary talents.
Hansel and Gretel make several appearances, not the least being at their trial for the murder of a supposedly helpless old woman. The real, shocking reason for Snow White's desperate flight from her home is revealed. And the steadfast tin soldier, made flesh and blood, pays a terrible price for his love and devotion.
The twenty-one stories and poems in this collection run the gamut from triumphant to troubling to utterly outrageous, like Don Webb's brilliant merging of numerous tales into one wild, hallucinogenic trip in his "Three Dwarves and 2000 Maniacs." All in all, they mine the fantastical yarns we loved as children for new and darker gold.
Includes stories by Michael Cadnum, Karen Joy Fowler, Michael Blumlein, Nalo Hopkinson, Esther M. Friesner, Joyce Carol Oates, Steve Rasnic Tem, Garry Kilworth, Anne Bishop, Gregory Frost, Sten Westgard, Midori Snyder, Harvey Jacobs, Don Webb, Bruce Glassco, Pat Murphy, John Crowley, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Susanna Clarke, Nancy Kress, and Jane Yolen.