Never After

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