Today, we’re thrilled to be taking part in the cover reveal for an exciting new anthology from editors LCW Allingham and River Eno, and Speculation Publications!

Grimm Retold is a collection of stories and poems from some incredible writers, that celebrate the horror to be found in the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Here’s the official blurb for more information:

The glossy veneer of happily ever after has fooled readers into believing fairy tales are bright and happy stories; but if you scratch the surface of any story collected by the Brothers Grimm, it bleeds. Manipulation and Murder, Tension and Torture. Grimm Retold cracks open the horror splattered between the pages of the old stories to reveal the thriving darkness within these classic tales.

Twenty stories and poems, from twenty authors, retell classic fairy tales; their teeth on the anxious pulse that has always flickered from the hearts of Grimm’s collections. 

Rapunzel, Snow White, Cinderella, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Fisherman’s Wife, The Robber Bridegroom, Red Riding Hood, The Old Beggar Woman, Hansel and Gretel, The Girl with No Hands, The Willful Child, The Pied Piper, The Nixie of Mill Pond, Blue Beard, Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Crystal Ball, The Juniper Tree, The Frog Prince, Fitcher’s Bird, and Rumpelstiltskin.

With stories from Tanith Lee, Ef Deal, Carol Gyzander, Tiffany Morris and more, be warned; Grimm stories have never been so dark.

The other authors featured are:

Lindsay Comer, Eleanor Cooke, F. Ffrench, Ephiny Gale, J.R. Harlow, Ell Huang , Jade Jiao, TT Madden, David Kenneth Mitchell, Nico Martinez Nocito, Elizabeth Rosen, Erica Ruppert, Liv Strom, M. Weigel, Jacqueline West and Shehrazade Zafar-Arif

Grimm Retold is due for publication on 24th September 2024. You can pre-order your copy on the Speculation Publications website HERE

And now. for the main event:

Cover art by LCW Allingham: Website
No AI was used in producing this book

Of the cover, Editor River Eno says:

“From leaves to thorns to swords and skulls, LC’s Grimm Retold cover evokes the dark and barbed maze of original fairy tales.”

Grimm Retold is due for publication on 24th September 2024. You can pre-order your copy on the Speculation Publications website HERE

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