Myth and Magic: Queer Fairy Tales

by Radclyffe (Editor), Stacia Seaman (Editor)

Overview

Myth, magic, and monsters—the stuff of childhood dreams (or nightmares) and adult fantasies.

Delve into these classic fairy tales retold with a queer twist and surrender to the world of seductive spells and dark temptations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626392250
Publisher:	Bold Strokes Books
Publication date:	12/16/2014
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Radclyffe is the author of over thirty-five lesbian novels and anthologies including the Lambda Literary Award winners Distant Shores, Silent Thunder; Erotic Interludes, and In Deep Waters. She has selections in multiple anthologies including Best Lesbian Erotica 6-9 and is the recipient of the 2003 and 2004 Alice B. Readers' award for her body of work. A retired surgeon/full-time author, she lives in Upstate New York with her partner.

Stacia Seaman is the editor of several successful erotica and romance anthologies, including the Lambda Award winner Erotic Interludes. Stacia Seaman has more than ten years' experience in substantive editing, copy editing, and proofreading. Her background is in Slavic Languages and Literatures.

Editorial Reviews

07/20/2015
This collection of short, reimagined fairytales, compiled by prolific erotica editors Radclyffe (Taking Fire) and Seaman (Women of the Dark Streets), gives same-sex couples their stylized happy endings, but often relies heavily on overused tropes of the twisted tales genre, with a net effect more contrived than fresh. Gender-shifted romances like Barbara Davies's "The Princess and the Frog" fall flat; the campiness in J. Leigh Bailey's Cheshire Cat–inspired "A Hero in Hot Pink Boots" at least provides sparkle. The strongest stories reach into the editors' smut heritage: Sasha Payne's Goldie, picking up his bears in a local bar, and Veronica Wilde's dominatrix Snow Queen offer queer sizzle enhanced by the transmutation of children's stories into something decidedly adult. Considering that the pieces are mostly original to this collection, the choices of source material are timid and repetitive, with two Jack and the Beanstalks, two Red Riding Hoods, two wicked stepmother hookups, and no obscure or non-European inspirations. (Dec.)

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