Black Thorn, White Rose

By: Ellen Datlow - editor, Terri Windling - editor

Narrated by: Cassandra Livingston

The award-winning editors of Snow White, Blood Red return us to distinctly adult realms of myth and the fantastic - with 18 wondrous works that cloak the magical fictions we heard at grandma's knee in mantles of darkness and dread. From Roger Zelansky's delightful tale of Death's disobedient godson to Peter Straub's blood-chilling examination of a gargantuan Cinderella and her terrible twisted "art," here are stories strange and miraculous - remarkable modern storytelling that remold our most cherished childhood fables into things sexier, more sinister - and more appealing to grown-up tastes and sensibilities.

©1994 Introduction copyright 1994 by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow. Individual story copyrights by Nancy Kress, Patricia C. Wrede, Ann Elizabeth Downer, Daniel Quinn, M.E. Beckett, Michael Kandel, Michael Cadnum, Lawrence Schimel, Isabel Cole, Tim Wynne-Jones, Midori Snyder, Jane Yolen, Howard Waldrop, Roger Zelazny, Peter Straub, Ellen Steiber, Storm Constantine, Susan Wade. (P)2015 Audible Inc.

very disappointed

not what I expected at all, not really fairytale theme like it was advertised. even the story tellers were just so so, none of them grab out and catch you. wasted credit in my opinion.