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Grimm, grit, and gasoline : dieselpunk & decopunk fairy tales : a punked up fairy tales anthology / edited by Rhonda Parrish.
Van Pelt Library PN6071.F25 G77 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- World War, 1914-1918--History--Fiction.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1939-1945--History--Fiction.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Fairy tales--Adaptations.
- Fairy tales.
- Genre:
- Adaptations.
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Fantasy fiction.
- Fiction.
- History.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 295 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque, NM : World Weaver Press, LLC, 2019.
- Summary:
- Features "alternative history re-imaginings of ... the WWI and WWII eras: tales with the grit of roaring bombers and rumbling tanks, of 'We can do it' and old time gangsters, or with the glamour of flappers and Hollywood starlets, smoky jazz and speakeasies. The stories in this volume add fairy tales to the mix, transporting classic tales to this rich historical setting ... [including] retellings of The Little Mermaid, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Monkey King, Swan Lake, Pinocchio and more ... showcased alongside some original fairy tale-like stories"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Circles and salt / Sara Cleto
- Salvage / A.A. Medina
- The loch / Zannier Alejandra
- Evening chorus / Lizz Donnelly
- To go west / Laura Van Arendonk Baugh
- Bonne chance confidential / Jack Bates
- The Neugdae / Juliet Harper
- The rescue of Tresses Malone / Alena Van Arendonk
- Daughters of earth and air / Robert E. Vardeman
- Easy as eating pie / Amanda C. Davis
- Accidents are not possible / Sarah Van Goethem
- A princess, a spy, and a dwarf walked into a bar full of Nazis / Patrick Bollivar
- Steel dragons of a luminous sky / Brian Trent
- Ramps and rocket / Alicia K. Anderson
- As the spindle burns / Nellie K. Neves
- Make this water no deeper / Blake Jessop
- One hundred years / Jennifer R. Donohue
- Things forgotten on the cliffs of Avevig / Wendy Nikel.
- ISBN:
- 9781732254664
- 1732254664
- OCLC:
- 1114483682
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