Marie O-Regan & Paul Kane [eds] - Cursed

[dem bones]

An anthology of Dark Fairy Tales

Marie O-Regan & Paul Kane [eds] - Cursed (Titan, March 2020)

Marie O-Regan & Paul Kane - Introduction

Jane Yolen - Castle Cursed (verse)
Christina Henry - As Red As Blood, As White As Snow
Neil Gaiman - Troll Bridge
Catriona Ward - At That Age
Jen Williams - Listen
M. R. Carey - Henry and the Snakewood Box
James Brogden - Skin
Maura McHugh - Faith and Fred
Karen Joy Fowler - The Black Fairy's Curse
Christopher Golden - Wendy Darling
Charlie Jane Anders - Fairy Werewolf vs Vampire Zombie
Michael Marshall Smith - Look Inside
Jane Yolen & Adam Stemple - Little Red
Angela Slatter - New Wine
Lilith Saintcrow - Haza and Ghani
Christopher Fowler - Hated
Alison Littlewood - The Merrie Dancers
Tim Lebbon - Again
Margo Lanagan - The Girl From the Hell
Jane Yolen - Castle Waking (verse)

About the Authors
About the Editors
Acknowledgements

Blurb:
ALL THE BETTER TO READ YOU WITH
It's a prick of blood, the bite of an apple, the evil eye, a wedding ring or a pair of red shoes. Curses come in all shapes and sizes, and they can happen to anyone - not just those of us with unpopular step-parents .....
Here you'll find unique twists on curses, from fairy tale classics to brand new hexes of the modern world - expect new monsters and mythologies as well as twists on well-loved fables. Stories to shock and stories of warning, stories of monsters and stories of magic.
EIGHTEEN TIMELESS FOLKTALES. NEW AND OLD

Paid visit to once frequent pulphack-dem hang-out, the Notting Hill Book & Comic exchange on Pembridge Rd last Thursday. Shop now occupies two premises, one devoted (mostly) to comics with a few rows of horror, SF and Western paperbacks. Distressing to report that the wonderful paperback graveyard downstairs in original shop has long been obliterated, and stock is now comprised almost entirely of the recent and near pristine. Came away with an uncorrected proof of Cursed (due March 3) so journey not entirely in vain. Can't win them all.

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Feb 28, 2020 17:21:23 GMT dem bones said:

Distressing to report that the wonderful paperback graveyard downstairs in original shop has long been obliterated, stock is now comprised almost entirely of the recent and near pristine.

Who wants pristine stuff, really?! Must have been a really depressing sight, all those new books...

Came away with an uncorrected proof of Cursed (due March 3) so journey not entirely in vain.

So you read dark fantasy!