Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales

Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling authors adapt classic fairy tales into their own fantastical visions in this short story collection. Mistreated by her stepfamily, a young woman with a kind heart learns that, when it comes to love, size doesn't matter in Jane Yolen's "e;Cinder Elephant."e;Feeling hurt and betrayed by the woman they cared for when she ran off with a prince, "e;The Seven Stage a Comeback"e; by embarking on a quest in Gregory Maguire's imagined continuation of "e;Snow White."e;A teenager who doesn't quite fit in at school or at home learns that every "e;Ugly Duckling"e; eventually becomes a swan in Kathe Koja's "e;Becoming Charise."e;"e;The Goose Girl's Horse"e; helps a timid princess defeat a devious goblin and her own insecurities in this heartfelt tale of friendship by Nancy Farmer. In Australia, a young man yearning for a world beyond his ordinary life discovers a lost treasure and evidence that we are not alone in Janeen Webb's "e;Arabian Nights"e;-inspired "e;Ali Baba and the Forty Aliens."e;These stories and eight more reimagine folklore in clever, wondrous, and witty ways in A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales from multi-award-winning anthologists Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. Other contributors include: Michael Cadnum * Neil Gaiman * Tanith Lee * Kelly Link * Patricia A. McKillip * Garth Nix * Delia Sherman * Katherine Vaz