Download or read book Fractured Folklore A Twisted Fairy Tale Anthology written by Brittany Saunders and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-31 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poisoned Apples. Wicked Curses. Red Cloaks. Kickass Women. Fairy tales are going back to their dark & twisted roots with these brand new short story retellings. Venture into new stories & fight old foes alongside defiant & refreshing heroines written for the 21st century. These damsels don't need a prince to come & save them... Shorts by various authors including: Jay R. Wolf, Des Fonoimoana, Christiana Matthews, R.L. Davennor, S.M. Mitchell, Elora Burrell, Rebecca Clark, Lisette Marshall, & Epi Wildes

Download or read book Once Upon A Dystopia written by Audrey M Stevens and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vanity is a crime and Cinderella must wear a mask. The big bad wolf puts on an armored suit to battle extraterrestrials. Rapunzel is forced to claim her throne and right the wrongs of the past. Snow White goes insane in a world where corporations have torn down the forests. Three siblings cross a bridge in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. In a genetically altered society, one different girl will be hunted for her imperfections... Proudly created by the authors of Dystopian Ink, Once Upon A Dystopia: An Anthology of Twisted Fairy Tales and Fractured Folklore contains twenty stories of fairy tale and folklore retellings that explore dystopian influence in literature. From Science Fiction based futures to Fantasy kingdoms, the message is clear: One person's utopia is another's hell. For fans of The Twilight Zone, Black Mirror, Hunger Games, and Unwind, the authors from Dystopian Ink teamed up to bring you a collection of tales that distort childhood favorites into dystopian masterpieces. Works included: Caught in the Siren's Wake - Audrey M. Stevens Glass - Kathryn Jacques Big Bad Wolfe and the Three Little P.I.G.G.s - Jared K. Chapman Twisted - K.R.S. McEntire While They Sleep - Heather Carson The Fairest Blade - L. B. Winters Heterochromia - Mikhaeyla Kopievsky Wings - Emily Pirrello The Bridge - Ginny Young The Frozen Eye - Harry Carpenter Goldie Bear - Emily VanOverloop Atlas: The Tale of Hanna and Greta - A.K. Harris My Own Skin - Sherri Cook Woosley Lieutenant Red Hood - Jordyn Kieft Forever Young - Haleigh Diann HOOD: A Grindhouse Robin Hood Tale - Jared K. Chapman Jack, the Clock, and the Beanstalk- J. Lynn Hicks The Piper - Christine French The Seven Kids - Audrey M. Stevens Spinner's Song- Heather Carson

Download or read book Once Upon a Dystopia written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Once Upon a Dystopia contains 20 stories of fairy tale and folklore retellings that explore dystopian influence in literature. From science fiction based futures to fantasy kingdoms, the message is clear: One person's utopia is another's hell."--Back cover.

Download or read book Terribly Twisted Tales written by Jean Rabe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring contributions from Jody Lynn Nye, Dennis L. McKiernan, and Michael A. Stackpole, this collection of eighteen stories gives classic fairy tales a modern and twisted makeover.

Download or read book How to Fracture a Fairy Tale written by Jane Yolen and published by Tachyon Publications. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This collection is Jane Yolen at her best. This is magic.”—Patricia C. Wrede, author of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles Fantasy icon Jane Yolen (The Devil’s Arithmetic, Briar Rose, Sister Emily’s Lightship) is adored by generations of readers of all ages. Now she triumphantly returns with this inspired gathering of fractured fairy tales and legends. Yolen breaks open the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement. Each of these offerings features a new author note and original poem, illuminating tales that are old, new, and brilliantly refined.

Download or read book Twisted Fairy Tales for Adults an Anthology written by Laurel Bucholz and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bite my juicy apple! Bite it! You know you want to!"TWG is proud to present its fourth anthology, Twisted Fairy Tales, a multicultural collection that blends original fables and re-tellings of classic stories.Will the horse that bleeds escape capture by a ruthless king? Will Beth survive having her heart replaced by a clock? What is the Snake Sisters' secret, and how far will they go to protect it? And can Cynder's Magical Bucket of f****s help others find their own happily ever after?From light-hearted and funny to downright chilling, these nine tales are sure to help you escape the drudgery of everyday life.

Download or read book Twisted Fairytales for Adults written by Laurel Bucholz and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bite my juicy apple! Bite it! You know you want to!"TWG is proud to present its fourth anthology, Twisted Fairy Tales, a multicultural collection that blends original fables and re-tellings of classic stories.Will the horse that bleeds escape capture by a ruthless king? Will Beth survive having her heart replaced by a clock? What is the Snake Sisters' secret, and how far will they go to protect it? And can Cynder's Magical Bucket of f****s help others find their own happily ever after?From light-hearted and funny to downright chilling, these nine tales are sure to help you escape the drudgery of everyday life.

Download or read book Brave New Worlds written by John Joseph Adams and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2010-01-02 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Huxley's Brave New World, to Orwell's 1984, to Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, dystopian books have always been an integral part of both science fiction and literature, and have influenced the broader culture discussion in unique and permanent ways. Brave New Worlds brings together the best dystopian fiction of the last 30 years, demonstrating the diversity that flourishes in this compelling subgenre. This landmark tome contains stories by Ursula K. Le Guin, Cory Doctorow, M. Rickert, Paolo Bacigalupi, Orson Scott Card, Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury, and many others.

Download or read book Shadow Atlas written by Jane Yolen and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeking to reclaim humanity's early secrets, the Umbra Arca Society was forged. Equipped with only a compass, a journal, and devotion to truth, these adventurers braved cursed landscapes. The Shadow Atlas collects their adventures.

Download or read book So This is Love written by Elizabeth Lim and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper? Unable to prove that she's the missing princess, and unable to bear life under Lady Tremaine any longer, Cinderella attempts a fresh start, looking for work at the palace as a seamstress. But when the Grand Duke appoints her to serve under the king's visiting sister, Cinderella becomes witness to a grand conspiracy to take the king—and the prince—out of power, as well as a longstanding prejudice against fairies, including Cinderella's own Fairy Godmother. Faced with questions of love and loyalty to the kingdom, Cinderella must find a way to stop the villains of past and present . . . before it's too late.

Download or read book Little Lit Folklore Fairy Tale Funnies written by Art Spiegelman and published by HarperColl. This book was released on 2000-10-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treasure and a treasury! Innovative cartoonist and renowned children's book artists from around the world have gathered to bring you the magic of fairy tales through the wonder of comics. The stories range from old favorites to new discoveries, from the profound to the silly. A treat for all ages, these picture stories unlock the enchanted door into the pleasures of books and reading! Best Children's Books 2000 (PW)

Download or read book Once Upon a Winter A Folk and Fairy Tale Anthology A written by Rebecca F. Kenney and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shape-shifting spirit haunts a family in England during the depths of winter. A woman must locate a snowflake for a magical trickster to save her frozen true love. A witch knocks upon a young man's door to take his life on Christmas day. A small boy meets a faerie housed within a snow drop. Once upon a time stories travelled from place to place on the tongues of merchants and thieves and kings alike. Under the blanket of night they were exchanged between children, and passed on to their children, and their children after them. Details were altered from one generation to the next until thousands of tales existed where once there were few. In the spirit of these age-old stories comes Once Upon a Winter, a seasonal anthology of folk and fairy tales from 17 authors across the globe. It covers the Gothic, the romantic, the whimsical, the frightening and everything in-between, and features both intriguing twists on classic tales and exciting original stories. The first of four planned seasonal anthologies from Macfarlane Lantern Publishing, Once Upon a Winter is sure to have a story for just about everyone. Grab your copy in time for Christmas today! Inside this anthology: The Biting Cold by Josie Jaffrey The Match Girl by Rebecca F. Kenney Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Bharat Krishnan A Pea Ever After by Adie Hart The Snow Drop by H. L. Macfarlane Silverfoot's Edge by Ella Holmes The Storm Hags by Caroline Logan The Boggart of Boggart Hole Clough by Jake Curran-Pipe Around the Hawthorne Tree by Jenna Smithwick The Best Girl this Side of Winter by Laila Amado The Snow Trolls by S. Markem Lord of the Forest by Katherine Shaw Queen of the Snows by Joyce Reynolds-Ward Long Meg and the Sorcerer's Stones by M. J. Weatherall The Frost of Mercy by A. J. Van Belle Wintercast by R. A. Gerritse You Can't See Me by Kate Longstone

Download or read book Once Upon a Twisted Tale written by Gayle Krause and published by Spork. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the middle grades, children know the storylines of familiar fairytales, which makes them all the funnier when they veer off in different directions. Good 'fractured fairytales' twist the child reader's perspective on the story, showing other possibilities. From a frog, who thinks he's Sleeping Beauty, to a cool-rappin' fairy godmother who sends Cinderella to a Hip-Hop Ball, to a boy who waits beneath a stone bridge to fool trolls, Once Upon a Twisted Tale is a rollicking, rhyme-filled poetry collection that can be read for sheer amusement or used in a classroom to compare original tales to the twisted tales as per Language Arts requirements.

Download or read book Reflection written by Elizabeth Lim and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if Mulan had to travel to the Underworld? When Captain Shang is mortally wounded by Shan Yu in battle, Mulan must travel to the Underworld, Diyu, in order to save him from certain death. But King Yama, the ruler of Diyu, is not willing to give Shang up easily. With the help of Shang's great lion guardian ShiShi, Mulan must traverse Diyu to find Shang's spirit, face harrowing obstacles, and leave by sunrise--or become King Yama's prisoner forever. Moreover, Mulan is still disguised as the soldier called Ping, wrestling with the decision to reveal her true identity to her closest friend. Will Mulan be able to save Shang before it's too late? Will he ever be able to trust her again? Or will she lose him--and be lost in the Underworld--forever?

Download or read book Red as Blood or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer written by Tanith Lee and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if Snow White were the real villain and the "wicked queen" just a sadly maligned innocent? What if awakening Sleeping Beauty would be the mistake of a lifetime -- of several lifetimes? What if the famous folk tales were retold with an eye to more horrific possibilities? Only Tanith Lee -- "Goddess-Empress of the Hot Read" (Village Voice) could retell the world-famous tales of the Brothers Grimm (and others) as they might have been told by the Sisters Grimmer! This special edition, put together for the 30th anniversary of the original edition, adds a new Grimmer fairy tale written especially for this volume!

Download or read book Snow White Blood Red written by Ellen Datlow and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairy tales retold—with a twist—from “some of our best storytellers” including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Tanith Lee, and others (The Washington Post). In this “no holds barred . . . nightmarish . . . provocative” collection, bestselling and award-winning fantasy masters put a dark, disturbing, and erotic spin on your favorite bedtime stories—and give you something entirely new to trouble your dreams (The New York Times Book Review). A boy is haunted through adulthood by a soul-eating creature that lies forever in wait under Neil Gaiman’s “Troll Bridge”; a melancholy amphibian shares his most private fantasies with a therapist in Gahan Wilson’s “The Frog Prince”; in Tanith Lee’s “Snow-Drop,” a lonely artist invites seven circus performers into her home to satisfy an obsession; in Steve Rasnic Tem’s “Little Poucet,” a band of lost brothers find refuge and terror with a hungry family in the woods; and Wendy Wheeler delves into the deviant psyche of the predatory male in “Little Red.” Also featuring Nancy Kress, Charles de Lint, Melanie Tem, Patricia A. McKillip, Jack Dann, and others, all paying a revisit to our favorite fairy tales in ways you’ve never dared to imagine.

Download or read book A Fractured Fairy Tale written by J.E. Taylor and published by J.E. Taylor. This book was released on 2023-01-26 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Brave, Rapunzel, Frozen, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and Peter Pan – all fairy tales you know and love, but twisted, fractured into something new. Shifters and magic claw through the pages of these fractured fairy tales, giving you a thrilling take on an old tale. Will the heroine survive whatever the evil villain has in store? Will love conquer all? Grab your hard cover copy of A Fractured Fairy Tale – books 1-10 and find out! A Fractured Fairy Tale books 1-10 includes: Red, Cinder, Brave, Tanged, Frozen, Snow, Spindle, Jasmine, Belle, and Hook