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The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales Hardcover – October 18, 2016

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An all-new anthology of cross-genre fairy tale retellings, featuring an all-star lineup of award-winning and critically acclaimed writers.

Once upon a time. It’s how so many of our most beloved stories start.

Fairy tales have dominated our cultural imagination for centuries. From the Brothers Grimm to the Countess d’Aulnoy, from Charles Perrault to Hans Christian Anderson, storytellers have crafted all sorts of tales that have always found a place in our hearts.

Now a new generation of storytellers have taken up the mantle that the masters created and shaped their stories into something startling and electrifying.

Packed with award-winning authors, this anthology explores an array of fairy tales in startling and innovative ways, in genres and settings both traditional and unusual, including science fiction, western, and post-apocalyptic as well as traditional fantasy and contemporary horror.

From the woods to the stars, The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales takes readers on a journey at once unexpected and familiar, as a diverse group of writers explore some of our most beloved tales in new ways across genres and styles.

Contains stories by: Charlie Jane Anders, Aliette de Bodard, Amal El-mohtar, Jeffrey Ford, Max Gladstone, Theodora Goss, Daryl Gregory, Kat Howard, Stephen Graham Jones, Margo Lanagan, Marjorie Liu, Seanan McGuire, Garth Nix, Naomi Novik, Sofia Samatar, Karin Tidbeck, Catherynne M. Valente, and Genevieve Valentine.

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October 18, 2016
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“A classy, smart, and entertaining volume of stories put together with consummate care—and featuring the best and most exciting fantasy writers working in the field today.” -- Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times-bestselling author of the Southern Reach trilogy

"The modern revival of fairy tale fiction for adults began in the 20th century (with the stories of Angela Carter and Tanith Lee), and The Starlit Wood is proof that the revival is still going strong. Editors Parisien and Wolfe have brought a wide range of writers together to blaze new trails through the dark of the woods. Whether you're passionate about fairy tales, like I am, or haven't read them since childhood, I recommend this excellent anthology. I simply loved it." -- Terri Windling, World Fantasy Award-winning editor of the Snow White, Blood Red series

"Lots of strange and wonderful goings-on in The Starlit Wood. Fairy tales you thought you’d left behind in childhood are back in some very poignant, sly and original versions that will touch the Wow in most readers." -- Jonathan Carroll, World Fantasy-Award winning author

"This anthology is consistent throughout, with well-crafted writing and a tantalizing taste of each author’s unique journey into reimagining classic fairy tales for a new audience." ― Booklist

"A great pick for readers looking for a fresh, diverse spin on standard fairy tales." ― Library Journal

"A rich sample of what awaits us in the world of fairy tales...well worth making time to read." ― Publishers Weekly

"Clever, touching, frightening, funny and frequently surprising, “The Starlit Wood” shines with magical possibility." ― The Press Herald

"Like those oft-told tales of old, The Starlit Wood is a volume readers will want to return to often, and it deserves a place on every bookshelf left wanting a touch of the magical...For fairy tale aficionados, this volume is a must-read; for those interested in sampling the work of some of the best short fiction writers in sci-fi and fantasy today, it is no less essential." ― Tor.com

"The best original fantasy anthology of the year." -- Jonathan Strahan, World Fantasy and Locus Award-winning editor

"A first rate anthology of reimagined fairy tales...quite lovely." ― Locus Magazine

"The Starlit Wood, edited by Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe is one of the best fantasy compilations of the year." ― Locus Magazine

"If you're a fan of fairy tale retellings, you'll probably want to pick up The Starlit Wood. [It] offers ample delights, both profound and humorous. It's an excellent entry into the retelling tradition, tuned for the current literary moment." ― Locus Magazine

"The table of contents alone reads like a who's who of fantasy authors...Highly recommended." ― F&SF

"An incredible, genre-blurring collection of retold fairy tales, featuring well-published luminaries and up-and-coming voices...Like those oft-told tales of old, The Starlit Wood is a volume readers will want to return to often, and it deserves a place on every bookshelf left wanting a touch of the magical." ― B&N SciFi & Fantasy Blog

"If you were ever fascinated by fairy tales as a child, if you have ever read a fairy tale to a child and watched their face light up, this is an anthology for you." -- The Little Red Reviewer

About the Author

Dominik Parisien is an editor, poet, and writer. He is the co-editor, with Navah Wolfe, of The Mythic Dream, Robots vs Fairies, and The Starlit Wood. Together their anthologies have won the Shirley Jackson Award and have been finalists for the World Fantasy, British Fantasy, Ignyte, and Locus Award. He also won the Hugo, British Fantasy, and Aurora Award for co-editing Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction with Elsa Sjunneson. His debut poetry collection Side Effects May Include Strangers was published by McGill-Queen’s University Press. Dominik is a disabled, bisexual French Canadian. He lives in Toronto.

Navah Wolfe is a Hugo Award–nominated editor at Saga Press and the coeditor of The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales and Mythic Dream, along with Dominik Parisien. She was previously an editor at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, where she worked on many bestselling books, including some that have won awards such as the Printz Honor, The Pura Belpré Award, The Pen/Faulkner Award, The Stonewall Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Schneider Family Award.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gallery / Saga Press (October 18, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1481456121
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1481456128
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.4 x 8.25 inches

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Amal El-Mohtar is an award-winning author and critic: her short fiction has won the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards, while her poetry has won the Rhysling award three times. She is the author of THE HONEY MONTH, a collection of poetry and prose written to the taste of twenty-eight different kinds of honey, and writes the OTHERWORLDLY column for the New York Times Book Review. She's the co-author, with Max Gladstone, of THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR, an epistolary time-travelling spy vs spy novella. Find her online at amalelmohtar.com, or on Twitter @tithenai.
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Juliet

Dark Twists of Fairy Tale Empowerment

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 25, 2016

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This book was a great gift to myself. I'm thrilled by the creative approaches to to the classic fairy tales. As I read, I can feel the stories supplant some of the cultural narratives in my consciousness related to gender (as great feminist literature does). The introduction by Dominik Parison and Navah Wolf talks about how the classic wooded environments, which represented mystery and fear in the days of old fairy tales, have been replaced with various other environments the authors explore. While I have not read the whole book yet, the stories I have experienced took my breath away, particularly the first by Seanan McGuire, "In the Desert Like a Bone," which she positions as a retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood story and which contains a dark twist of empowerment. I wish this some of these stories had existed when I was younger--as dark as they can sometimes be (just as the original fairy tales were). They would have given me a profound sense of hope and will that I needed at the time. I have kept all my childhood fairy tale books, just as markers of a time and influence on the shaping of a feminine identity that continues to transform over time. I'm convinced that the woods still are, in childhood consciousness, a place of mystery and fear, the place beyond which they are told they should not roam, in a world that can be devouring. Many women have been "devoured" there and are seeking to become whole again. Instead of cautionary tales, this book is full of character-building triumphs. It's also physically beautiful, with raised artwork on the cover. It looks, feels, and smells like an old book, and it will stay on my shelf for a long time. I will also give it as gifts to women in my family.

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Eric Juneau

Ick

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 18, 2020

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When they say fairy tales retold, they don’t mean “Rapunzel in middle school” or “Cinderella in cyberpunk“. This is more “crank up the maturity by adding sex, drugs, and woman abuse” type of retelling. The themes are skewed toward “men are the devil, women are helpless”. The writing is parched and lifeless and bleak. “The man put a seed in her belly. She lay there while he lay on top of her and did his thing.” And I mean literally using the terms “did his thing”.

Everything screams “I AM WOMAN” and “my character is defined by my womanhood. Whether I spread my legs and let a man on top of me or a take a lover (male or female because love should be free) or I’m a woman in a man’s role. I scream womanness and I have no point beyond that but to be a woman and exist in relationship to men.”

I get that lots of fairy tales are about women suffering due to the actions of men. But when you’re revamping those tales for current sensibilities, they don’t all have to turn it on the same head. Viewing everything from the same lens is dull. Plus it makes everyone unlikable. And I certainly don’t want to read about it over and over.

Especially the female authors. They treat their stories like they’re an artsy short film–all experimental and pretentious. Some of them call it “playing with form”. I call it choosing form over function. Construct over content. Should a collection of short stories really be your experimental ground?

Oh, and two of the stories are of the “set in a world from another story I wrote” variety, and I HATE that. Making your short story as if it’s an advertisement for your other book series. No wonder short stories fell out of favor.

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DingoDingo

My love of short stories and fairy tales ushered me to ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 15, 2017

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I found this book after stumbling upon the whimsical Icelandic illustrator, Stella Björg (check out her mythical sea creatures alphabet, "Here Be Monsters", they're magical), and read that she drew the little vignettes at the beginning of each story in this book. My love of short stories and fairy tales ushered me to buy this book, so glad I was led to it! My favourite was "Seasons of Glass and Iron" by Amal El-Mohtar. You bet yer bum I'll be scouring the interwebs to find more of her work. There were a couple of duds (sorry...), but overall I rather enjoyed reading these tales, and wished some were longer.

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Catherine J. Cole

Heroines Empowered

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 30, 2017

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These fairy tales have a different perspective: the damsels take care of themselves. They are responsible for their own destiny.
Times have changed. Arranged marriages are frowned upon. Women are allowed their opinions, and have a choice of profession, in most modern societies. And so fairy tales must also change. The settings and characters must feel contemporary, no matter what time the stories embrace. Stories are the creations of their writers, after all.
The contemporary takes on these classic fairy tales reflect the ideals of this day and age, as they should.

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MoJo

JUDGE THIS BOOK BY IT'S COVER

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 30, 2016

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You can judge this book by it's cover! I loved getting lost in the stories. Trying to guess which fairy tale each story was inspired by became a fun little game I played. Some of the stories I re-read to my children (substituting some of the language) and they too enjoyed analyzing them. I wish my teachers in high school shared this book with me. I believe I would have found my love for reading at a much younger age. Enjoy!

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jennifer Medrano

A starlit beauty

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 2, 2021

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Love, love, love the contemporary approach to fairytale narratives. Wonderfully done! Don’t hesitate to buy this book!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 4, 2020

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An interesting take on traditional fairy tales with a modern lens. Written by many different writers most were on the mark and intriguing. Some left me cold, but the majority are solid.

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Susan Coast

and love the Grimm tales

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 11, 2016

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short stories, done by , apparently, sci fi writers? Or something. I collect tales, and love the Grimm tales, and I am a big fan of short stories, but not this book. Some of the stories are okay, but I just don't resonate with most of them.Not my cup of tea.

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Rosemary Adams

Not great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 21, 2020

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Bit disappointed in the stories and the book itself fell appart

A.S.

If you love fairy tales...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 4, 2020

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... you will love this collection of old fairy tales with a new twist. Enjoyed all the different angles the stories were now told in.

柔術研究員

Awesome

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on January 13, 2017

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This book is absolutely awesome!

It is beautifully made, a real pleasure to watch and also very fascinating to read!

bunnyslippers

I loved it. This is the book I'll be giving ...

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 20, 2017

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I loved it. This is the book I'll be giving out at Christmas. I now have a number of new authors to follow.

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