Introduction: Throwing In / Tanith Lee. "Beauty" / Tanith Lee -- "In the house of gingerbread" / Gene Wolfe -- "The bone mother" / Angela Slatter -- "Follow me light" / Elizabeth Bear -- "The coin of heart's desire" / Yoon Ha Lee -- "The glass bottle trick" / Nalo Hopkinson -- "The maiden tree" / Catherynne M. Valente -- "The coat of stars" / Holly Black -- "Road of needles" / Caitlín R. Kiernan -- "Travels with the Snow Queen" / Kelly Link -- "Halfway people" / Karen Joy Fowler -- "Catastrophic disruption of the head" / Margo Lanagan -- "Lavanya and Deepika" / Shveta Thakrar -- "Princess Lucinda and the hound of the moon" / Theodora Goss -- "Fairy tale" / Gardner Dozois -- "The queen who could not walk" / Peter S. Beagle -- "Lebkuchen" / Priya Sharma -- "Diamonds and pearls: a fairy tale" / Neil Gaiman -- "The queen and the cambion" / Richard Bowes -- "Memoirs of a bottle djinn" / Jane Yolen -- "The mussel eater" / Octavia Cade -- "Bears: a fairy tale of 1958" / Steve Duffy -- "The moon is drowning while I sleep" / Charles de Lint -- "Rats" / Veronica Schanoes -- "Beyond the naked eye" / Rachel Swirsky -- "Good hunting" / Ken Liu -- "By the moon's good grace" / Kirstyn McDermott -- "The juniper tree" / Peter Straub -- "Greensleeves" / Jeff VanderMeer -- "Beauty" / Tanith Lee.
Summary:
"Once upon a time, the stories that came to be known as "fairy tales" were cultivated to entertain adults more than children; it was only later that they were tamed and pruned into less thorny versions intended for youngsters. But in truth, they have continued to prick the imaginations of readers at all ages. Over the years, authors have often borrowed bits and pieces from these stories, grafting them into their own writing, creating literature with both new meaning and age-old significance. In the last few decades or so, they've also intentionally retold and reinvented the tales in a variety of ways-delightful or dark, wistful or wicked, sweet or satirical-that forge new trails through the forests of fantastic fiction. This new anthology compiles some of the best modern fairy-tale retellings and reinventions from award-winning and bestselling authors, acclaimed storytellers, and exciting new talents, into an enchanting collection. Explore magical new realms by traveling with us, Beyond the Woods. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors"-- Provided by publisher. "Once upon a time, the stories that came to be known as "fairy tales" were cultivated to entertain adults more than children; it was only later that they were tamed and pruned into less thorny versions intended for youngsters. But in truth, they have continued to prick the imaginations of readers at all ages. Over the years, authors have often borrowed bits and pieces from these stories, grafting them into their own writing, creating literature with both new meaning and age-old significance. In the last few decades or so, they've also intentionally retold and reinvented the tales in a variety of ways--delightful or dark, wistful or wicked, sweet or satirical--that forge new trails through the forests of fantastic fiction. This new anthology compiles some of the best modern fairy-tale retellings and reinventions from award-winning and bestselling authors, acclaimed storytellers, and exciting new talents, into an enchanting collection. Explore magical new realms by traveling with us, Beyond the Woods . ."-- Provided by publisher.
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