Never After
Thirteen Twists on Familiar Tales
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Publisher Description
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
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2011
Her Life Is On This Table and Other Poems
2013
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 113 (October 2019)
2019
Fairy Tale Review
2015
Congruent Spaces Magazine, Issue 10
2014
Grubby Maids and Glass Slippers: An Opinionated Essay on Cinderella From a Disgruntled Narrator
2015