Forget perfect princesses, handsome princes, and "happily ever after." In this collection of thirteen flash-length fairy tale retellings, award-winning author Marie Brennan introduces you to a world of manipulative mirrors, treacherous pigs, and candy houses that will eat you right up. Each one is a subversive little gem, guaranteed to shock the Brothers Grimm.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• “The Mirror’s Tale”


• “The Kindness of Sisters”


• “Conversation with a Wolf”


• “Gold”


• “A Smile, a Laugh”


• “Nesu-a”


• “The Princess and the . . .”


• “One Last Prize”


• “The Fall of the Fortress of Brick”


• “Many Faces”


• “Every Moment, I Dream of Sleep”


• “Just Right”


• “And Everything Nice”


• Afterword