Search Worlds Without End

Once upon a time, fairy tales were for children... But no longer.

You hold in your hands a volume of wonders -- magical tales of trolls and ogres, of bewitched princesses and kingdoms accursed, penned by some of the most acclaimed fantasists of our day. But these are not bedtime stories designed to usher an innocent child gently into a realm of dreams. These are stories that bite -- lush and erotic, often dark and disturbing mystical journeys through a phantasmagoric landscape of distinctly adult sensibilities... where there is no such thing as "happily ever after."

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: White as Snow: Fairy Tales and Fantasy - (1993) - essay by Terri Windling
• Introduction: Red as Blood: Fairy Tales and Horror - (1993) - essay by Ellen Datlow
• Like a Red, Red Rose - (1993) - novelette by Susan Wade
• The Moon Is Drowning While I Sleep - (1993) - novelette by Charles de Lint
• The Frog Prince - (1993) - shortstory by Gahan Wilson
• Stalking Beans - (1993) - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• Snow-Drop - (1993) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Little Red - (1993) - shortstory by Wendy Wheeler
• I Shall Do Thee Mischief in the Wood - (1993) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• The Root of the Matter - (1993) - novelette by Gregory Frost
• The Princess in the Tower - (1993) - shortstory by Elizabeth A. Lynn
• Persimmon - (1993) - shortstory by Harvey Jacobs
• Little Poucet - (1993) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Changelings - (1993) - novelette by Melanie Tem
• The Springfield Swans - (1993) - shortstory by Caroline Stevermer and Ryan Edmonds
• Troll Bridge - (1993) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman (variant of Troll-Bridge)
• A Sound, Like Angels Singing - (1993) - shortstory by Leonard Rysdyk
• Puss - (1993) - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
• The Glass Casket - (1993) - shortstory by Jack Dann
• Knives - (1993) - poem by Jane Yolen
• The Snow Queen - (1993) - novelette by Patricia A. McKillip
• Breadcrumbs and Stones - shortstory by Lisa Goldstein
• Recommended Reading - (1993) - essay by uncredited
• Terri Windling - (1993) - essay by uncredited
• Ellen Datlow - (1993) - essay by uncredited