by Ellen Datlow
First published 1993
In this collection of dark fairy tale retellings, the classic stories you thought you knew take a sinister turn. Innocence is shattered as Snow White's pristine white dress is stained with crimson. Rapunzel's golden hair becomes a deadly weapon. And the Big Bad Wolf is no longer the stuff of nightmares, but the stuff of reality. Prepare to be swept into a world where the lines between good and evil, reality and fantasy, blur - and the price of "happily ever after" may be blood.
Genres: short-stories, horror, dark-fantasy, fairy-tale-retellings
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: dark-fantasy, fairy-tale-retelling
432 pages · Paperback · Harpercollins
Content warnings: gore, graphic-violence