Fairy Tales have hidden depths: we don't often get to discover the real meaning of the mysterious creatures which show up in these stories. We read tales of kidnapped children, of young ones coerced into horrendous fates by getting involved with the shape changing older ones... the trickery and deceit which goes on under the very noses of the people who should have known better but who ended up getting involved...
Knowing all this, we still come back for more.
Once Upon A Scream is a collection of outrageous crimes committed against those who walk into the many traps laid for them, (Cinderella's ugly stepsisters are a case in point, Hansel and Gretel are another... that really is a 'child beware!' tale if ever there was one!) with every story bringing its own wild selection of nastiness by animals and people alike. Find a whole new world of fairy lands and strange people in this fascinating collection of dark stories written by the best writers we could find.
In this anthology we have:-
We're Ugly and We Own It - David Turnbull
Alternate Endings - Rie Sheridan Rose
Wicked Heart - Gina Easton
Who's Afraid? - Liam Spinage
Beauty Within The Briar - Rie Sheridan Rose
Becoming - Jason R Frei
The Cindy Killer Story - Stuart Holland
Unlicensed To Live - Dan Allen
Beautiful Wickedness - Brooke MacKenzie
The Head Above The Gate - Rie Sheridan Rose
A Reward of Summer Sweets - Aaron Padley
In Eiger Wild Wood - Geoff Nelder
Arsenic and Red Leather - Jason R Frei
Lord of the Dance - Liam Spinage
Chains of Straw - Rie Sheridan Rose
Little Red Cyber Head - Gary Budgen
Collector of Teeth - Travis Mushanski
