Carter, A. (1995). The Bloody chamber and other stories. Penguin Random House.
Originally published in 1979 Angela Carter took inspiration from classic fairy tales and rewove them into dark, sensual stories filled with gruesome themes of both horror and liberation.
Through these stories the protagonists face down vampires, elves and humans to make their way through woods both figurative and literal.
Please not this books does contain adult themes and may not be suitable for younger readers.
Ortberg, M. (2019). The Merry Spinster. Little, Brown Book Group Limited.
In the same vein as The Bloody Chamber Ortberg takes familiar and not so familiar stories and takes them to darker and stranger places in this collection of short stories.
As a reader you'll be swept along with the Little Mermaid, Cinderella, and Beauty, amongst others into disconcertingly familiar new settings by a gifted writer who understands how to unsettle you with wit and charm.
Guran, P. (Ed.). (2017). Beyond the woods: fairy tales retold . (A. Dawe, T. Campbell Narrs.) [Audiobook]. Brilliance Publishing Inc. This...
