Twice upon a Time Author:Denise Little (Editor) Everyone knows that fairy tales, no matter how dark, will always come through with "happily ever after" resolutions, but are those endings happy for everyone involved? What about the witch, the wolf, the giant, and the other so-called villians who make their homes in the Enchanted Forest? And what happens when the excitement's over and the heroe... more »s and heroines have to live with the choices they've made? Yvonne Gilbert (Illustrator) Contents, 18 stories: -- Spinning a yarn / Jody Lynn Nye; -- How I came to marry a herpetologist / Nina Kiriki Hoffman; -- Puck in Boots, the true story / Connie Hirsch; -- Case #285B / Ester M. Friesner; -- Beanstalk incident / Jane Lindskold; -- Gilly the goose girl / Nancy Springer; -- Fifi's tale / Alan Rodgers; -- Thy golden stair / Richard Parks; -- True love (or The many brides of Prince Charming) / Todd Fahnestock and Giles Custer; -- Savior / John Helfers; -- Wolf at the door / Lupita Shepard; -- Castle and Jack / Tim Waggoner; -- Baron Boscov's bastard / Jacey Bedford; -- Emperor's new (and improved) clothes / Leslie What; -- One fairy tale, hard-boiled / P. Andrew Miller; -- Feeding frenzy or The further adventures of the Frog Prince / Josepha Sherman; -- A leg up or The constant Tin Soldier (Gonzo version) / Gary A. Braunbeck; -- Mrs. Myrtle Montegrande vs. the Vegetable stalker/slayer / Elizabeth Ann Scarborough.« less
This is a book of rewritten fairytales. Although not all created equal, some were fantastic. It is interesting that a few fairytales are represented more than once...a fun, quick read.