World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling present Black thorn, white rose

Datlow, Ellen. (Added Author). Windling, Terri. (Added Author).

Summary: Fairy tales for adults. The 18 stories range in subject from the sanctity of life to the tyranny of beauty. By the editors of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.

Record details

ISBN: 9781434437051 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1434437051 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource.
Publisher: [Rockville, Md.] : Wildside Press, ©1994.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow -- Words like pale stones / Nancy Kress -- Stronger than time / Patricia C. Wrede -- Somnus's fair maid / Ann Downer -- The frog king, or Iron Henry / Daniel Quinn -- Near-beauty / M.E. Beckett -- Ogre / Michael Kandel -- Can't catch me / Michael Cadnum -- Journeybread recipe / Lawrence Schimel -- The brown bear of Norway / Isabel Cole -- The goose girl / Tim Wynne-Jones -- Tattercoats / Midori Snyder -- Granny rumple / Jane Yolen -- The sawing boys / Howard Waldrop -- Godson / Roger Zelazny -- Ashputtle / Peter Straub -- Silver and gold / Ellen Steiber -- Sweet bruising skin / Storm Constantine -- The black swan / Susan Wade.