This "first rate anthology of reimagined fairy tales" (Locus
Magazine) features an all-star lineup of award-winning and
critically acclaimed writers. Once upon a time. It's how so many of
our most beloved stories start. Fairy tales have dominated our
cultural imagination for centuries. From the Brothers Grimm to the
Countess d'Aulnoy, from Charles Perrault to Hans Christian
Anderson, storytellers have crafted all sorts of tales that have
always found a place in our hearts. Now a new generation of
storytellers has taken up the mantle that the masters created and
shaped their stories into something startling and electrifying.
Packed with award-winning authors, this "fresh, diverse" (Library
Journal) anthology explores an array of fairy tales in startling
and innovative ways, in genres and settings both traditional and
unusual, including science fiction, western, and post-apocalyptic
as well as traditional fantasy and contemporary horror. From the
woods to the stars, The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales takes readers
on a journey at once unexpected and familiar, as a diverse group of
writers explore some of our most beloved tales in new ways across
genres and styles. Contains stories by: Charlie Jane Anders,
Aliette de Bodard, Amal El-mohtar, Jeffrey Ford, Max Gladstone,
Theodora Goss, Daryl Gregory, Kat Howard, Stephen Graham Jones,
Margo Lanagan, Marjorie Liu, Seanan McGuire, Garth Nix, Naomi
Novik, Sofia Samatar, Karin Tidbeck, Catherynne M. Valente, and
Genevieve Valentine.
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