Author: Jean Rabe
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780756405540
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Featuring contributions from Jody Lynn Nye, Dennis L. McKiernan, and Michael A. Stackpole, this collection of eighteen stories gives classic fairy tales a modern and twisted makeover.
Terribly Twisted Tales
Author: Jean Rabe
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780756405540
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Featuring contributions from Jody Lynn Nye, Dennis L. McKiernan, and Michael A. Stackpole, this collection of eighteen stories gives classic fairy tales a modern and twisted makeover.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780756405540
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Featuring contributions from Jody Lynn Nye, Dennis L. McKiernan, and Michael A. Stackpole, this collection of eighteen stories gives classic fairy tales a modern and twisted makeover.
Twisted Tales from Shakespeare
Author: Richard Armour
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Terribly Twisted Tales
Author: Jean Rabe
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101029277
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Eighteen original stories that take familiar fairy tales and shift them around to give an entirely new slant. Fairy tales are among the earliest fantasies we are exposed to when young and impressionable. They stay with us throughout our lives, whether in their original versions or filtered thorugh cartoon retellings. What more fun could a fantasy writer have than to take up the challenge of drawing up on this rich material and transforming it into something new? The eighteen stories in Terribly Twisted Tales do exactly that. From the adventure of the witch in the gingerbread house and her close encounter with an oven... To Golda Lockes, who has a special arrangement with those well-known bears... To a murderous attack with a glass slipper... To Jack, a successful theorectical geneticist, who discovers just how perilous research can be... To a wolf detective who sets out to solve "Grandma's" murder... This volume highlights inventive stories that give a new perspective on classic tales! Includes stories from: Dennis L. McKiernan — Annie Jones — Chris Pierson Mickey Zucker Reichert — Mary Louise Eklund — Robert E. Vardeman Kathleen Watness — Jody Lynn Nye — Jim C. Hines Steven D. Sullivan — Brendan DuBois — Paul Genesse Ramsey "Tome Wyrm" Lundock — Skip & Penny Williams — Elizabeth A. Vaughan Janet Deaver-Pack — Kelly Swails — Michael A. Stackpole
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101029277
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Eighteen original stories that take familiar fairy tales and shift them around to give an entirely new slant. Fairy tales are among the earliest fantasies we are exposed to when young and impressionable. They stay with us throughout our lives, whether in their original versions or filtered thorugh cartoon retellings. What more fun could a fantasy writer have than to take up the challenge of drawing up on this rich material and transforming it into something new? The eighteen stories in Terribly Twisted Tales do exactly that. From the adventure of the witch in the gingerbread house and her close encounter with an oven... To Golda Lockes, who has a special arrangement with those well-known bears... To a murderous attack with a glass slipper... To Jack, a successful theorectical geneticist, who discovers just how perilous research can be... To a wolf detective who sets out to solve "Grandma's" murder... This volume highlights inventive stories that give a new perspective on classic tales! Includes stories from: Dennis L. McKiernan — Annie Jones — Chris Pierson Mickey Zucker Reichert — Mary Louise Eklund — Robert E. Vardeman Kathleen Watness — Jody Lynn Nye — Jim C. Hines Steven D. Sullivan — Brendan DuBois — Paul Genesse Ramsey "Tome Wyrm" Lundock — Skip & Penny Williams — Elizabeth A. Vaughan Janet Deaver-Pack — Kelly Swails — Michael A. Stackpole
The Crack in the Wall
Author: George Mendoza
Publisher: Dial
ISBN: 9780803715479
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Publisher: Dial
ISBN: 9780803715479
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Twisted
Author: Jeffery Deaver
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743491594
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Not for the faint of heart, "Twisted" presents 17 beautifully crafted thrillers in one spine-tingling volume. Includes an all-new Lincoln Rhyme novel.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743491594
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Not for the faint of heart, "Twisted" presents 17 beautifully crafted thrillers in one spine-tingling volume. Includes an all-new Lincoln Rhyme novel.
Fairest of All
Author: Serena Valentino
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1423149807
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Why exactly is the wicked Queen so nasty, particularly to Snow White? Perhaps it has something to do with the creepy-looking man in the magic mirror who's not just some random spooky visage...
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1423149807
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Why exactly is the wicked Queen so nasty, particularly to Snow White? Perhaps it has something to do with the creepy-looking man in the magic mirror who's not just some random spooky visage...
Twisted Sisters
Author: Jen Lancaster
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451471687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A licensed psychologist who stars on the cable breakout show I Need a Push, Reagan Bishop helps participants become their best selves by urging them to overcome obstacles and change behaviors. An overachiever, Reagan is used to delivering results. Despite her overwhelming professional success, Reagan never seems to earn her family’s respect. Her younger sister, Geri, is and always will be the Bishop family favorite. When a national network buys Reagan’s show, the pressure for unreasonably quick results and higher ratings mounts. Desperate to make the show work and keep her family at bay, Reagan actually listens when the show’s New Age healer offers an unconventional solution.... Record Nielsen ratings follow. But when Reagan decides to use her newfound power to teach everyone a lesson about sibling rivalry, she’s the one who will be schooled....
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451471687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A licensed psychologist who stars on the cable breakout show I Need a Push, Reagan Bishop helps participants become their best selves by urging them to overcome obstacles and change behaviors. An overachiever, Reagan is used to delivering results. Despite her overwhelming professional success, Reagan never seems to earn her family’s respect. Her younger sister, Geri, is and always will be the Bishop family favorite. When a national network buys Reagan’s show, the pressure for unreasonably quick results and higher ratings mounts. Desperate to make the show work and keep her family at bay, Reagan actually listens when the show’s New Age healer offers an unconventional solution.... Record Nielsen ratings follow. But when Reagan decides to use her newfound power to teach everyone a lesson about sibling rivalry, she’s the one who will be schooled....
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection
Author: Gardner Dozois
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1429905697
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 685
Book Description
The thirty-two stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: John Barnes, Elizabeth Bear, Damien Broderick, Karl Bunker, Paul Cornell, Albert E. Cowdrey, Ian Creasey, Steven Gould, Dominic Green, Nicola Griffith, Alexander Irvine, John Kessel, Ted Kosmatka, Nancy Kress, Jay Lake, Rand B. Lee, Paul McAuley, Ian McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, Sarah Monette, Michael Poore, Robert Reed, Adam Roberts, Chris Roberson, Mary Rosenblum, Geoff Ryman, Vandana Singh, Bruce Sterling, Lavie Tidhar, James Van Pelt, Jo Walton, Peter Watts, Robert Charles Wilson, and John C. Wright. Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1429905697
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 685
Book Description
The thirty-two stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: John Barnes, Elizabeth Bear, Damien Broderick, Karl Bunker, Paul Cornell, Albert E. Cowdrey, Ian Creasey, Steven Gould, Dominic Green, Nicola Griffith, Alexander Irvine, John Kessel, Ted Kosmatka, Nancy Kress, Jay Lake, Rand B. Lee, Paul McAuley, Ian McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, Sarah Monette, Michael Poore, Robert Reed, Adam Roberts, Chris Roberson, Mary Rosenblum, Geoff Ryman, Vandana Singh, Bruce Sterling, Lavie Tidhar, James Van Pelt, Jo Walton, Peter Watts, Robert Charles Wilson, and John C. Wright. Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart.
Intelligent Design
Author: Denise Little
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1101136219
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
These ten original stories explore one of the most heatedly debated topics today. From a tale that examines whether life on Earth is an out-of-control science project, to one which reveals which species will inherit the planet, to a portrait of a scientist determined to discover the truth about God, the stories in this anthology tackle the big questions in ways that range from startling to satirical?and are always entertaining.
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1101136219
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
These ten original stories explore one of the most heatedly debated topics today. From a tale that examines whether life on Earth is an out-of-control science project, to one which reveals which species will inherit the planet, to a portrait of a scientist determined to discover the truth about God, the stories in this anthology tackle the big questions in ways that range from startling to satirical?and are always entertaining.
Hot and Steamy
Author: Jean Rabe
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1101533277
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
From the co-editor of Steampunk'd comes an all-new collection of adventure and romance amid Victorian steampunk settings. Sparks fly in these original stories of a steam-driven airship searching for a lost city, a crazy inventor in a powered wheelchair with a plot to take over the world, and a love story set in an alternate history version of America. Adventure abounds in these stories of love, loss, and danger- and there is plenty of steam!
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1101533277
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
From the co-editor of Steampunk'd comes an all-new collection of adventure and romance amid Victorian steampunk settings. Sparks fly in these original stories of a steam-driven airship searching for a lost city, a crazy inventor in a powered wheelchair with a plot to take over the world, and a love story set in an alternate history version of America. Adventure abounds in these stories of love, loss, and danger- and there is plenty of steam!