My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales by Kellie Wells, Ilya Kaminsky, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, Neil Gaiman, Chris Adrian, Alissa Nutting, Brian Evenson, Karen Brennan, Gregory Maguire, Kelly Link, Sabrina Orah Mark, Rabih Alameddine, John Updike, Stacey Richter, Michael Mejia, Carmen Gimenez Smith, Kim Addonizio, Lily Hoang, Marjorie Sandor, Joy Williams, Kevin Brockmeier, Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, Francine Prose, Lydia Millet, Kate Bernheimer, Katherine Vaz, Jim Shepard, Karen Joy Fowler, Joyce Carol Oates, Shelley Jackson, Naoko Awa, Aimee Bender, Kathryn Davis, Lucy Corin, Neil LaBute, Joyelle McSweeney, Timothy Schaffert, Jonathon Keats, Hiromi Itō, Michael Martone, Michael Cunningham, Francesca Lia Block

My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales

New Fairy Tales #1

Kellie Wells, Ilya Kaminsky, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, Neil Gaiman, Chris Adrian, Alissa Nutting, Brian Evenson, Karen Brennan, Gregory Maguire, Kelly Link, Sabrina Orah Mark, Rabih Alameddine, John Updike, Stacey Richter, Michael Mejia, Carmen Gimenez Smith, Kim Addonizio, Lily Hoang, Marjorie Sandor, Joy Williams, Kevin Brockmeier, Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, Francine Prose, Lydia Millet, Kate Bernheimer, Katherine Vaz, Jim Shepard, Karen Joy Fowler, Joyce Carol Oates, Shelley Jackson, Naoko Awa, Aimee Bender, Kathryn Davis, Lucy Corin, Neil LaBute, Joyelle McSweeney, Timothy Schaffert, Jonathon Keats, Hiromi Itō, Michael Martone, Michael Cunningham, Francesca Lia Block

576 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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The fairy tale lives again in this book of forty new stories by some of the biggest names in contemporary fiction. Neil Gaiman, “Orange”   Aimee Bender, “The Color Master”   Joyce Carol Oates, “Blue-bearded Lover”   Michael Cunningham, “The Wild ...

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3.46
based on 888 reviews

Moods

dark: 81%

mysterious: 51%

adventurous: 48%

emotional: 33%

reflective: 25%

challenging: 22%

funny: 14%

tense: 11%

lighthearted: 7%

sad: 7%

relaxing: 3%

Pace

7% of readers chose fast
39% of readers chose medium
53% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

23% of readers chose Plot
61% of readers chose A mix
14% of readers chose N/A
Plot
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Strong character development?

15% of readers chose Yes
42% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
36% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
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Loveable characters?

5% of readers chose Yes
44% of readers chose Complicated
27% of readers chose No
22% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

60% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
10% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

38% of readers chose Yes
22% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
33% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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