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Once Upon a Time

New Fairy Tales

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Once Upon a Time

By: Paula Guran, Theodora Goss, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Tanith Lee, Genevieve Valentine
Narrated by: Kate Baker
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Eighteen extraordinary authors devise all-new fairy tales: imaginative reinterpretations of the familiar, evocative new myths, speculations beyond the traditional realm of "once upon a time."

Often dark, occasionally humorous, always enthralling, these stories find a certain Puss in a near-future New York, an empress bargaining with a dragon, a princess turned into a raven, a king's dancing daughters with powerful secrets, great heroism, terrible villainy, sparks of mischief, and a great deal more. Brilliant dreams and dazzling nightmares with meaning for today and tomorrow…

©2013 Paula Guran (P)2013 Prime Books Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Royalty Witty
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I love fairytales. I especially love modern reworkings of fairytales, so this book immediately grabbed my attention. Throw in several of my favourite fantasy authors, and I never stood a chance. Then I started listening, and the wheels fell off. I don't know what the narrator was trying to achieve with her performance, but what hit my ears was exhausted ennui. I tried, I really tried to like this book, but in the end I just had to return it and get my credit back.

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