Marie Brennan 
Never After 

Forget perfect princesses, handsome princes, and "happily ever after." In this collection of thirteen flash-length fairy tale retellings, award-winning author Marie Brennan introduces you to a world of manipulative mirrors, treacherous pigs, and candy houses that will eat you right up. Each one is a subversive little gem, guaranteed to shock the Brothers Grimm.TABLE OF CONTENTS* ‘The Mirror’s Tale’* ‘The Kindness of Sisters’* ‘Conversation with a Wolf’* ‘Gold’* ‘A Smile, a Laugh’* ‘Nesu-a’* ‘The Princess and the . . .’* ‘One Last Prize’* ‘The Fall of the Fortress of Brick’* ‘Many Faces’* ‘Every Moment, I Dream of Sleep’* ‘Just Right’* ‘And Everything Nice’* Afterword