Bluebeard

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Novels:

Go to amazon.comFables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham, DC Comics, 2003- In this graphic novel, all the fairy tale characters have been banished from Fableland by the Adversary to modern day New York City where they must keep their identities secret from the "mundanes." It appears that Rose Red, the twin sister of Snow White (deputy mayor to Old King Cole) has been murdered. Bluebeard, the notorious wife killer, is one of the main suspects.

Go to amazon.comFitcher's Brides by Gregory Frost, Tor Books, 2002- In the dark tale doomsday preacher Elias Fitcher has proclaimed that the world will end in 1843 and has set up an utopian religious community awaiting the End in upstate New York. The Charter family, father, stepmother, and daughters Vernelia, Amy, and Catherine, fall under Fitcher's spell and become the gatekeepers for those seeking to join the community. When Vernelia marries Fitcher, she learns that his previous wives disappeared under mysterious circumstances and begins to suspect that a dark secret lies in a room at the center of the mansion.

Go to amazon.comThe Godmother by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Ace Books, 1994- Frustrated Seattle social worker Rose Samson idly wishes for a "fairy godmother" for the whole city. Suddenly Felicity Fortune enters her life, claiming to be just that. While skeptical, Rose allows Felicity to accompany her as she tries to resolve difficult cases, cases that suddenly seem to resemble fairy tales such as Bluebeard (a child molester), Hansel & Gretel (two abandoned children), Snow White (a missing girl), Cinderella (a young lady with two evil stepsisters), and Puss in Boots (a homeless teen). Followed by two sequels, The Godmother's Apprentice, and The Godmother's Web.

Short Stories:

Go to amazon.com"The Bloody Chamber" in in The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, Penguin USA, 1990- The narrator of this tale is the young fourth wife of a rich Marquis. When her husband leaves home on business, he gives her the keys to all the rooms in the castle, but forbids her to open only one. What is he hiding?

Go to amazon.com"Bones" in The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold by Francesca Lia Block, Joanna Cotler, 2000- Derrick Blue is a LA hotshot that all the girls are dying to go home with, literally.

Go to amazon.com"The Tale of the Bird" in Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue, HarperTrophy, 1999- A young woman marries to escape her humdrum life, but finds that her new life is just another kind of captivity.

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