Well, maybe not-but there’s still plenty in this all-new collection to please, challenge and amuse fans of the editors’ earlier gatherings, A Wolf at the Door (2000) and Swan Sister (2003). Jane Yolen’s “Troll” develops a taste for goat only after a lightning bolt cooks one on his bridge Rapunzel is portrayed not as a witch’s captive but “An Unwelcome Guest” by Garth Nix the giant’s beleaguered wife happily sees off both Jack and her oafish husband in Peter Beagle’s “Up the Down Beanstalk.” In one of the collection’s three poems, Neil Gaiman gives Sleeping Beauty’s wicked fairy voice as she insists on the importance of “Observing the Formalities.” Several supposed baddies-most notably the Bluebeard figure in Nancy Farmer’s “Castle Othello”-turn out to be victims of bad press, and despite his appetite for human babies even the helpful sprite in Michael Cadnum’s “ ’Skin” might earn some sympathy. Fifteen authors, nearly all well known to fantasy readers, move to the folktale villain’s side.
Fairy Tale Princess Cooking Class and Tea Party.Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales.The Enchanted Screen: A History of Fairy Tales on.Bluebeard: A Reader’s Guide to the English Tradition.Their names insure quality after two decades of collaboration. Otherwise, go on out and buy this to encourage the publication of more Datlow and Windling collections in the future. There is a mixture of fun and trauma in the stories, ending with Link's chilling "The Cinderella Game." Don't read it at bedtime if you are subject to nightmares. Puss in Boots, the Sequel by Joseph StantonĪ Delicate Architecture by Catherynne M. The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces by Ellen Kushner Up the Down Beanstalk: A W Remembers by Peter S. Most of the authors are the usual suspects for a collection edited by Datlow and Windling, so fans should be thrilled and newcomers have a treat in store. I know I always care more about the contents of a short story collection like this than a review, so I'm kindly sharing the list with my gentle readers, too. Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling is the third in a series of short story collections of fairy tale retellings, following A Wolf at the Door and Swan Sister.
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