Strip the fairytale princesses of their petticoats and tiaras, and what you have left are the Black Apples. These are stories of trials and survival, strength and defeat, exploring the bones of fairytales. Carolyn has stolen from the temple and is on the run, the mistress of the Gingerbread house is out of control, Bluebeard's child collects hearts on her wall and a horse is not a horse... This collection offers eighteen new dark and delicious fairytales, some exploring the classic tales, others presenting brand new ones. Features stories by eighteen international authors. Edited by Liv Lingborn and Camilla Bruce. Table of contents: Snow Child by Molly Pinto Madigan Twelve Sisters, Twelve Sisters, Ten by Karen Heuler Deus Ex Machina by Caren Gussoff Bluebeard's Child by Alison Littlewood Sickly Sweet by Ephiny Gale Bunny's Lucky Slipper by Pat R Steiner Every Heart is Cold Dark Matter by Nadia Bulkin Citizen by David Turnbull Everyone Else has Two Eyes by Nicki Vardon Scar by Elin Olausson Harsh Beauty by Martine Helene Svanevik Cloaks and Hoods by Angela Rega The Shadow and the Snake by Natalia Theodoridou Coyote and the Girl in the Red Dress by Rose Williamson A Winter Evening by Sarah L Byrne Enkesonnen by Alex Petri And Gold in Her Eyes by Maigen Turner Godmother Death by Kate O'Connor