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