Best of
Fairy-Tale-Retellings

2006

The Complete Tales of Merry Gold


Kate Bernheimer - 2006
    This seamstress—the eldest and meanest of the three Gold sisters—possesses a tarnished past and faces a bleak and lonely future. Guilty about her destructive desires and longing for innocence, her inner turmoil and explosive imagination belie a disarming honesty. A sequel to The Complete Tales of Ketzia Gold, the novel follows Merry from her suburban childhood through design school and a whirlwind of lovers, and into a desolate adulthood. Beginning with a toy seal and ending with mushrooms, this fairy tale set in modern times creeps through cruelty and violence to its inevitable end. Reminiscent of a miniature, fragile ice sculpture, The Complete Tales of Merry Gold glistens with hard-hearted bliss. Kate Bernheimer has once again delved into the internal anguish of the Gold family to extract a magical, carefully stitched tale of strange and happy fear.

Hatter M: The Looking Glass Wars - Deep Travel Symposium: Questions, Answers, and Revelations


Frank Beddor - 2006
    comic book series detailing the true story of Royal Bodyguard Hatter Madigan's 13-year search for the lost Princess of Wonderland, queries and kudos from around the world have filled the mailbox at the Hatter M. Institute for Paranormal Travel and Research. After the publication of Issues #1 and #2, the creators were both thrilled and stunned by the avalanche of public reaction as readers contacted the Institute en masse to enthusiastically join in authenticating Hatter's search and adventure. In an effort to respond to the readers the Institute called upon their panel of experts to roundtable the latest inquiries and developments in the Looking Glass Wars Deep Travel Symposium entitled: Hatter M. Questions, Answers and Revelations.This special issue 2.5 was released at Comic-Con 2006 and is included in the trade paperback Hatter M: Volume 1.

Rapunzel: The One with All the Hair


Wendy Mass - 2006
    A he said/she said series with a prince and princess twist.Rapunzel is having the ultimate bad day. She's been stolen from home by an evil witch, locked in an incredibly high tower, and doesn't even have a decent brush for her hair. Prince Benjamin is in a pretty uncomfortable situation himself. His father wants him to be more kingly, his mother wants him to never leave her sight, and his cousin wants to get him into as much trouble as possible. Plus, there's the little matter of prearranged marriages. . . . Both Rapunzel and Prince Benjamin are trapped--in very different ways. It's only when their paths cross, that things really start to change.

The Tale of the Miller's Daughter


JoSelle Vanderhooft - 2006
    Based on the story of Rumpelstiltskin, this sharp, dark tale of a girl and the creature who offers her assistance is a finely woven tapestry of daughters, fathers and lovers and the breaking of the threads that bind them.