Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer
How would it be if Snow White were the real villain and the "wicked
queen" just a sadly maligned innocent? What if awakening the Sleeping
Beauty should be the mistake of a lifetime – of several lifetimes? What
if the famous folk tales were retold with an eye to more horrific
possibilities?
Only Tanith Lee could do justice to it, and in
RED AS BLOOD, she displays her soaring imagination at its most
fantastically mischievous. Not for nothing was the title story named as
a Nebula nominee. Not for nothing was the author of THE BIRTHGRAVE and
THE STORM LORD called by New York's Village Voice "Goddess-Empress of the Hot Read."
Here
are the world-famous tales of such as the Brothers Grimm as they might
have been retold by the Sisters Grimmer! Fairy tales for children? Not
on your life!
Tanith Lee
Tanith Lee (1947-2015) was a British writer of science fiction, horror and fantasy. She was the author of over 90 novels and 300 short stories, a children's picture book (Animal Castle), and many poems. She also wrote two episodes of BBC science fiction series Blake's 7. She was the first woman to win the British Fantasy Award best novel award (also known as the August Derleth Award), for her book Death's Master (1980).
She also wrote under the pseudonym Esther Garber.