Once upon a time...
A young woman runs through a snowy wasteland, fearing for her life, only to find help from an unexpected source...
A whole town falls asleep, resulting in a joint US/UK military and scientific expedition to find out what happened...
A serial killer with a penchant for severed feet strikes again...
A teenage girl seeks refuge in a strange house, only for its owners to return...
A man wins at cards, then is made an offer he can’t refuse...
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With an introduction by World Fantasy Award-winning author Angela Slatter (the Verity Fassbinder series) and cover art by the legendary Les Edwards, join bestselling and award-winning author of RED and Blood RED, Paul Kane, as he once again gives well-loved fairy tales a modern, horror spin. Living happily ever after is far from guaranteed!
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‘Kane is a first-rate storyteller’ - Clive Barker
‘Kane’s foot never gets close to the brake pedal’ - Peter Straub
‘He knows how to make you want to avoid the shadows and the cracks in the pavement’ - Mike Carey
‘Kane finds the everyday horrors buried within us, rips them out and serves them up in these deliciously dark tales’ - Kelley Armstrong
‘Kane’s scary tales will take you down shadowy paths’ - Angela Slatter
Paul Kane
Paul Kane is the award-winning, bestselling author and editor of over fifty books – including the Arrowhead trilogy (gathered together in the sellout Hooded Man omnibus, revolving around a post-apocalyptic version of Robin Hood), The Butterfly Man and Other Stories, Hellbound Hearts and The Mammoth Book of Body Horror. His non-fiction books include The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy and Voices in the Dark, and his genre journalism has appeared in the likes of SFX, Rue Morgue and DeathRay. He has been a Guest at Alt.Fiction five times, was a Guest at the first SFX Weekender, at Thought Bubble in 2011, Derbyshire Literary Festival and Off the Shelf in 2012, Monster Mash and Event Horizon in 2013, and Edge-Lit in 2014,
