Fairy tales retold-with a twist-from "some of our best storytellers" including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Tanith Lee, and others (The Washington Post). In this "no holds barred ... nightmarish ... provocative" collection, bestselling and award-winning fantasy masters put a dark, disturbing, and erotic spin on your favorite bedtime stories-and give you something entirely new to trouble your dreams (The New York Times Book Review). A boy is haunted through adulthood by a soul-eating creature that lies forever in wait under Neil Gaiman's "Troll Bridge"; a melancholy amphibian shares his most private fantasies with a therapist in Gahan Wilson's "The Frog Prince"; in Tanith Lee's "Snow-Drop," a lonely artist invites seven circus performers into her home to satisfy an obsession; in Steve Rasnic Tem's "Little Poucet," a band of lost brothers find refuge and terror with a hungry family in the woods; and Wendy Wheeler delves into the deviant psyche of the predatory male in "Little Red." Also featuring Nancy Kress, Charles de Lint, Melanie Tem, Patricia A. McKillip, Jack Dann, and others, all paying a revisit to our favorite fairy tales in ways you've never dared to imagine.;White as snow : fairy tales and fantasy / Terri Windling -- Red as blood : fairy tales and horror / Ellen Datlow -- Like a red, red rose / Susan Wade -- The moon is drowning while I sleep / Charles de Lint -- The frog prince / Gahan Wilson -- Stalking beans / Nancy Kress -- Snow-drop / Tanith Lee -- Little Red / Wendy Wheeler -- I shall do thee mischief in the wood / Kathe Koja -- The root of the matter / Gregory Frost -- The princess in the tower / Elizabeth A. Lynn -- Persimmon / Harvey Jacobs -- Little Poucet / Steve Rasnic Tem -- The changelings / Melanie Tem -- The Springfield swans / Caroline Stevermer and Ryan Edmonds -- Troll bridge / Neil Gaiman -- A sound, like angels singing / Leonard Rysdyk -- Puss / Esther M. Friesner -- The glass casket / Jack Dann -- Knives / Jane Yolen -- The snow queen / Patricia A. McKillip -- Breadcrumbs and stones / Lisa Goldstein.