Happily Ever After is a star-studded book of fairy tales, featuring an introduction by Bill Willingham (Fables) and stories by Gregory Maguire, Susanna Clarke, Karen Joy Fowler, Charles de Lint, Holly Black, Garth Nix, Kelly Link, Peter Straub, Neil Gaiman, Patricia Briggs, and many other fantasy luminaries.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
Yes, most of the tales here were originally published in other sources, but many of those are out of print. The following is a table of contents of the stories with their original publication sources followed in parentheses. Most of these have not been available before in ebook format either, so that is a bonus for those who prefer ereaders. This is a collection of fine tales from some of the top names in the fantasy genre with a fairy tale theme.
Bill Willingham - Introduction
Gregory Maguire - The Seven Stage a Comeback (A Wolf At the Door: And Other Retold Fairy Tales)
Genevieve Valentine - And In Their Glad Rags (Straying from the Path)
Howard Waldrop - The Sawing Boys (Black Thorn, White Rose)
Michael Cadnum - Bear It Away (Black Heart, Ivory Bones)
Susanna Clarke - Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower (Black Heart, Ivory Bones)
Karen Joy Fowler - The Black Fairy's Curse (Black Swan, White Raven)
Charles de Lint - My Life As A Bird (Black Heart, Ivory Bones)
Holly Black - The Night Market (The Faery Reel)
Theodora Goss - The Rose in Twelve Petals (from chapbook The Rose in Twelve Petals & Other Stories and Realms of Fantasy, April 2002. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection, 2003. In the Forest of Forgetting, 2006. Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology, 2006.)
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Bill Willingham - Introduction
Gregory Maguire - The Seven Stage a Comeback (A Wolf At the Door: And Other Retold Fairy Tales)
Genevieve Valentine - And In Their Glad Rags (Straying from the Path)
Howard Waldrop - The Sawing Boys (Black Thorn, White Rose)
Michael Cadnum - Bear It Away (Black Heart, Ivory Bones)
Susanna Clarke - Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower (Black Heart, Ivory Bones)
Karen Joy Fowler - The Black Fairy's Curse (Black Swan, White Raven)
Charles de Lint - My Life As A Bird (Black Heart, Ivory Bones)
Holly Black - The Night Market (The Faery Reel)
Theodora Goss - The Rose in Twelve Petals (from chapbook The Rose in Twelve Petals & Other Stories and Realms of Fantasy, April 2002. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection, 2003. In the Forest of Forgetting, 2006. Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology, 2006.)
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20 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
"Happily Ever After" contains an excellent selection of retold fairly tales by masters in the genre. However, almost all of them are reprinted from the series of retold fairy tale anthologies edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. The stories that are not, are reprinted from other sources likely familiar to the aficionado. The only new story is the introduction, which is fun, but not worth buying the book for. Therefore, I can only recommend this book to those who are either new to the genre, or who have somehow missed all the books in the Datlow and Windling series (which I highly recommend).
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
...is that you can pick and choose what you like and don't like. After a spirited and original introduction that really gets you in the mood for some fairy tales, you do have a great selection of authors from which to choose. Most of the stories are exactly at the right length and are pretty memorable. I was unfamiliar with Genevieve Valentine and found her story engaging. Jane Yolen offers a different take on the Snow White story that was enjoyable, too. To its credit, this anthology uses fairy tales that don't necessarily scream "fan fiction," namely Neil Gaiman's "The Troll Bridge." However, there are a few that I didn't really care for. One of the reasons I bought the book was because Peter Straub's name was attached to it. His short story isn't really bad on its own, but it's really a stretch to tie it into the overall theme. It could have been a good short story on its own, but the fairytale references seemed thrown in and were, honestly, reaching. Like most books of this type, it's fun to read the different takes on beloved stories we all grew up with, and, with the exception of a few, it's not as "adult" as "Black Swan, White Raven," so a younger audience might be able to enjoy some of the stories. The dark "Grimm" element is thankfully still intact, though. Satisfying read.
Format:Paperback
From funny to ethereal to unsettling, these stories are written by a veritable Who's Who of speculative fiction. Well edited and re-readable.
