Why read Dark & Twisted Fairy Tales for Adults?

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Dark Humor for Free Speech

“...haunting and thought-provoking.”

“ ...brimming with a sinister charm”

"..these stories kept me nose-deep into the book from beginning to end.”

Hold a mirror to a shadow and you will see the world of dark and twisted fairy tales, written for adults to re-imagine familiar…

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1 author picked Dark & Twisted Fairy Tales for Adults as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Paula Cappa

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Absolutely thought-provoking. Lots of shudders. Real chills. Famous fairy tales like Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella, and Goldilocks are wild, dark, and grim. I was haunted long after I closed the book. If it’s true that fairy tales are embedded in our subconscious minds, these stories pretty much ripped the darkness up so that I was cringing.

Some of it went a bit far into madness and disturbing, but the reach struck me as highly inventive. Macabre, yes indeedy. I actually don’t read this level of horror, but the experience of these extreme fairy tales was a new adventure. Blazing.…

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