by Ellen Datlow
First published 1995
In these gritty, adult-oriented retellings, classic fairy tales take sinister turns. A young woman must outwit a shape-shifting demon to save her sister. A soldier returns from war to find his wife transformed. A princess is torn between her royal duties and a forbidden romance. Amid the shadows, these characters fight for love, freedom, and their very humanity.
Genres: literary-fiction, fantasy, horror, adult-fiction, dark-fantasy, fairy-tale-retellings
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: dark-romance, forbidden-romance
240 pages · Paperback · Prime Books
Content warnings: violence