Fairy Tales for Adults: Collections

SF/F/SHORT STORIES/BLACK
Datlow, Ellen and Terri Windling, Eds.Black Thorn, White Rose1994, 386p.

An anthology of short stories, based on old folk tales, by writers including Peter Straub and Patricia Wrede.

F/CARTER
Carter, AngelaThe Bloody Chamber1979, 164p.

Retellings of: Bluebeard’s Castle, Puss In Boots, The Erlking, Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, etc.

F/GARDNER
Gardner, JohnThe King’s Indian: Stories and Tales1974, 323p.

Contains The Tales of Queen Louisa and other short stories.

F/GARNER
Garner, James FinnOnce Upon a More Enlightened Time1995, 84p.

Fashionably sensitive versions of old favorites such as: The Little Mer-persun and Sleeping Persun of Better-Than-Average Attractiveness.

F/HESSE
Hesse, HermannPictor’s Metamorphoses and Other Fantasies1982, 213p.

Original fairy tales or Märchen, inspired by the Brothers Grimm, et al. (Also see the recently published: The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse).

F/SHORT STORIES/OUT
Zipes, Jack, Ed.The Outspoken Princess and the Gentle Knight: a Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales1994, 237p.

Familiar tales with unexpected turns of events and heroes and heroines who defy the old stereotypes.

SF/F/SHORT STORIES/RUBY
Datlow, Ellen and Terri Windling, Eds.Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears1995, 416p.

Joyce Carol Oates’ Sleeping Beauty, is one of twenty-one short stories by as many authors, all taking fresh looks at old folk tales.

IN/SF/RUSSELL
Russell, P. CraigFairy Tales of Oscar Wilde v.11992, 46p.

An illustrated novel including: The Star Child and The Selfish Giant.

SF/F/SHORT STORIES/SNOW
Datlow, Ellen and Terri Windling, Eds.Snow White, Blood Red1993, 411p.

Including Gahan Wilson’s The Frog Prince, Patricia A. McKillip’s The Snow Queen, and more.

F/WALKER
Walker, Barabara G.Feminist Fairy Tales1996, 244p.

Twenty-eight retellings of familiar stories such as Snow White, Aladdin, and Cinderella.

IN/SF/WENZEL
Wenzel, David and Douglas WheelerFairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm1995, 44p.

An illustrated novel featuring: Little Snow White, The Three Sluggards, and The Shoemaker and the Elves.

F/YOLEN
Yolen, JaneTales of Wonder1983, 275p.

Magical stories incorporating folk tales, personal experience, and modern settings.(i.e. Baba Yaga, The Golden Ball.)

Prepared by Carol Yarmolich, April 1997