(Side note: I’ve said this in other reviews, but if you haven’t had a chance to read one of Neil Gaiman’s collections then you really need to get ahold of one – any of them, they’re all excellent – because Gaiman writes some of the best author’s notes in the business. I first read it in Gaiman’s short-story collection Smoke and Mirrors, and in his author’s notes he described this one as being like a virus, one that will completely change how you read the original tale. One of my favorite genres is the re-told fairy tale, and this is a particularly dark, wonderfully sinister retelling of a famous fairy tale from the point of view of the “wicked” stepmother. The latest one (due out on August 20th) manages to once again do the impossible: it takes a story that I already thought was perfect and makes it even better.Ĭlick the jump for a review and preview pages of “Snow, Glass, Apples”, a collaboration between Gaiman and artist Colleen Doran. Dark Horse Books has been releasing a steady stream of stand-alone short stories by Neil Gaiman, each of them illustrated by a prominent artist.
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