Silver Birch, Blood Moon |
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| Editor:
| Datlow, Ellen
Windling, Terri |
| Contribution by:
| Asplund, Russell William
Bishop, Anne
Briggs, Patricia
Cadnum, Michael
Edghill, India
Gaiman, Neil
Hopkinson, Nalo
Jacobs, Harvey
Kiernan, Caitlín R.
Kilworth, Garry
Kress, Nancy
Lee, Tanith
Long, Karawynn
McKillip, Patricia A.
McKinley, Robin
Shaw, Melissa Lee
Sherman, Delia
Tem, Melanie
Wade, Susan
Wheeler, Wendy
York, Pat |
| Series title: | Fairy Tale Anthologies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4976-6873-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
| Publisher: | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $9.99USD $2.99USD $2.99USD $9.99USD $9.99USD $1.99USD $9.99USD $9.99USD $9.99USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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Winner of the World Fantasy Award: New twists on classic fairy tales from Neil Gaiman, Patricia Briggs, Robin McKinley, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and more. Long ago, when we were children, our dreams were inspired by the fairy tales we heard at our mothers' and grandmothers' knees--stories of princesses and princes and witches and wondrous enchantments, by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, and from the pages of
1001 Arabian Nights. But, as...
More Description Winner of the World Fantasy Award: New twists on classic fairy tales from Neil Gaiman, Patricia Briggs, Robin McKinley, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and more.
Long ago, when we were children, our dreams were inspired by the fairy tales we heard at our mothers' and grandmothers' knees--stories of princesses and princes and witches and wondrous enchantments, by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, and from the pages of 1001 Arabian Nights. But, as World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling remind us, these stories were often tamed and sanitized versions. The originals were frequently darker--and in Silver Birch, Blood Moon, they turn darker still.
Twenty-one modern Grimms and Andersens--masterful storytellers including Neil Gaiman, Nancy Kress, and Tanith Lee--now reinvent beloved bedtime stories for our time. The Sea Witch gets her say, relating the story of "The Little Mermaid" from her own point of view. "Thumbelina" becomes a tale of creeping horror, while a delightfully naughty spin is put on "The Emperor's New Clothes." Author Caitlín R. Kiernan transports Snow White to a dark, gritty, industrial urban setting, and Patricia Briggs details "The Price" of dealing with a royal and unrepentantly evil Rumpelstiltskin.
Rich, provocative, and unabashedly adult, each of these tales is a modern treasure, reminding us that wishes have consequences and not all genies have our best interests at heart.