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Fairy Tales for Adults: Collections

SF/F/SHORT STORIES/BLACK
Datlow, Ellen and Terri Windling, Eds. - Black Thorn, White Rose - 1994, 386p.
An anthology of short stories, based on old folk tales, by writers including Peter Straub and Patricia Wrede.

F/CARTER
Carter, Angela - The Bloody Chamber - 1979, 164p.
Retellings of: Bluebeard's Castle, Puss In Boots, The Erlking, Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, etc.

F/GARDNER
Gardner, John - The King's Indian: Stories and Tales - 1974, 323p.
Contains The Tales of Queen Louisa and other short stories.

F/GARNER
Garner, James Finn - Once Upon a More Enlightened Time - 1995, 84p.
Fashionably sensitive versions of old favorites such as: The Little Mer-persun and Sleeping Persun of Better-Than-Average Attractiveness.

F/HESSE
Hesse, Hermann - Pictor's Metamorphoses and Other Fantasies - 1982, 213p.
Original fairy tales or Märchen, inspired by the Brothers Grimm, et al. (Also see the recently published: The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse).

F/SHORT STORIES/OUT
Zipes, Jack, Ed. - The Outspoken Princess and the Gentle Knight: a Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales - 1994, 237p.
Familiar tales with unexpected turns of events and heroes and heroines who defy the old stereotypes.

SF/F/SHORT STORIES/RUBY
Datlow, Ellen and Terri Windling, Eds. - Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears - 1995, 416p.
Joyce Carol Oates' Sleeping Beauty, is one of twenty-one short stories by as many authors, all taking fresh looks at old folk tales.

IN/SF/RUSSELL
Russell, P. Craig - Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde v.1 - 1992, 46p.
An illustrated novel including: The Star Child and The Selfish Giant.

SF/F/SHORT STORIES/SNOW
Datlow, Ellen and Terri Windling, Eds. - Snow White, Blood Red - 1993, 411p.
Including Gahan Wilson's The Frog Prince, Patricia A. McKillip's The Snow Queen, and more.

F/WALKER
Walker, Barbara G. - Feminist Fairy Tales - 1996, 244p.
Twenty-eight retellings of familiar stories such as Snow White, Aladdin, and Cinderella.

IN/SF/WENZEL
Wenzel, David and Douglas Wheeler - Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm - 1995, 44p.
An illustrated novel featuring: Little Snow White, The Three Sluggards, and The Shoemaker and the Elves.

F/YOLEN
Yolen, Jane - Tales of Wonder - 1983, 275p.
Magical stories incorporating folk tales, personal experience, and modern settings.(i.e. Baba Yaga, The Golden Ball.)

Prepared by Carol Yarmolich, April 1997