Black Swan, White Raven

An anthology of revisionist fairy tales, many with a feminist slant. In the tale of Snow White, the villain is not the stepmother but the stepfather and the dwarfs are wise women. A total of 19 tales. Introduction / Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow The flounder's kiss / Michael Cadnum The black fairy's curse / Karen Joy Fowler Snow in dirt / Michael Blumlein Riding the red / Nalo Hopkinson No bigger than my thumb / Esther M. Friesner In the insomniac night / Joyce Carol Oates The little match girl / Steve Rasnic Tem The trial of Hansel and Gretel / Garry Kilworth Rapunzel / Anne Bishop Sparks / Gregory Frost The dog rose / Sten Westgard The Reverend's wife / Midori Snyder The orphan the moth and the magic / Harvey Jacobs Three Dwarves and 2000 Maniacs / Don Webb True Thomas / Bruce Glassco The true story / Pat Murphy Lost and abandoned / John Crowley The breadcrumb trail / Nina Kiriki Hoffman On Lickerish Hill / Susanna Clarke Steadfast / Nancy Kress Godmother death / Jane Yolen.