| Description |
xiii, 386 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"An AvoNova book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-386). |
| Contents |
Introduction / Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow -- Words like pale stones / Nancy Kress -- Stronger than time / Patricia C. Wrede -- Somnus's fair maid / Ann Downer -- The frog king, or Iron Henry / Daniel Quinn -- Near-beauty / M.E. Beckett -- Ogre / Michael Kandel -- Can't catch me / Michael Cadnum -- Journeybread recipe / Lawrence Schimel -- The brown bear of Norway / Isabel Cole -- The goose girl / Tim Wynne-Jones -- Tattercoats / Midori Snyder -- Granny rumple / Jane Yolen -- The sawing boys / Howard Waldrop -- Godson / Roger Zelazny -- Ashputtle / Peter Straub -- Silver and gold / Ellen Steiber -- Sweet bruising skin / Storm Constantine -- The black swan / Susan Wade. |
| Summary |
Fairy tales for adults. The 18 stories range in subject from the sanctity of life to the tyranny of beauty. By the editors of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. |
| Subject |
Fantasy fiction, American.
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Fairy tales -- Adaptations.
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| Genre/Form |
Fantasy fiction.
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| Added Author |
Datlow, Ellen.
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Windling, Terri.
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| ISBN |
068813713X: $22.00 |
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