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 MadiganTwelve Sisters, Twelve Sisters, Ten by Karen HeulerDeus Ex Machina by Caren GussoffBluebeard's Child by Alison LittlewoodSickly Sweet by Ephiny GaleBunny's Lucky Slipper by Pat R SteinerEvery Heart is Cold Dark Matter by Nadia BulkinCitizen by David TurnbullEveryone Else has Two Eyes by Nicki VardonScar by Elin OlaussonHarsh Beauty by Martine Helene SvanevikCloaks and Hoods by Angela RegaThe Shadow and the Snake by Natalia TheodoridouCoyote and the Girl in the Red Dress by Rose WilliamsonA Winter Evening by Sarah L ByrneEnkesonnen by Alex PetriAnd Gold in Her Eyes by Maigen TurnerGodmother Death by Kate O'Connor