Snow White, Blood Red

by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

• ISBN13: 9780688109134
• ISBN10: 0688109136
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2019-01-01
• Publisher: Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press)

Summary

You hold in your hands a volume of wonders - magical tales of trolls and ogres, of bewitched princesses and kingdoms accursed, penned by some of the most acclaimed fantasists of our day. But these are not bedtime stories designed to usher an innocent child gently into the realm of dreams. These are stories that bite - lush and erotic, often dark and disturbing mystical journeys through a phantasmagoric landscape of distinctly adult sensibilities.
Set in haunted forests, amid the recognizable urban sprawl of contemporary society, or in worlds beyond our imagining, here are the lusts, dreams and nightmares of the human animal - presented in a manner that would make the Grimm brothers proud. From provocative alternate takes on time-honored myths - Tanith Lee's sensuous and unsettling futuristic retelling of Snow White; Gahan Wilson's delightful account of the Frog Prince in therapy - to stunningly original new tales rich in archetypal imagery - Steve Rasnic Tem's deliciously gruesome chronicle of a miniature child abandoned in a city of giants. Each is a compelling grown-up fable relevant to the times in which we live.
Through the collective creative genius of such masters as Charles de Lint, Nancy Kress, Jane Yolen and many others, the magical characters we loved in childhood have been reborn. But Jack is older, though no wiser now...and he has climbed the beanstalk one time too many. Rapunzel's sweet innocence has vanished like a song on the wind. And there is no such thing as "happily ever after."

Table of Contents

Introduction: White as Snow: Fairy Tales and Fantasy	p. 1
Introduction: Red as Blood: Fairy Tales and Horror	p. 15
Like a Red, Red Rose	p. 21
The Moon Is Drowning While I Sleep	p. 50
The Frog Prince	p. 80
Stalking Beans	p. 89
Snow-Drop	p. 105
Little Red	p. 130
I Shall Do Thee Mischief in the Wood	p. 147
The Root of the Matter	p. 161
The Princess in the Tower	p. 196
Persimmon	p. 214
Little Poucet	p. 228
The Changelings	p. 248
The Springfield Swans	p. 271
Troll Bridge	p. 281
A Sound, Like Angels Singing	p. 295
Puss	p. 303
The Glass Casket	p. 338
Knives	p. 356
The Snow Queen	p. 359
Breadcrumbs and Stones	p. 388
Recommended Reading	p. 407
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