Little Red Riding Hood

Short Stories:

Go to amazon.com"The Company of Wolves" in The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, Penguin USA, 1990- This is the story of a fearless "Red Riding Hood" who embraces the wolf.

Go to amazon.com"The Good Mother" in Truly Grim Tales by Priscilla Galloway, Laureleaf, 1998- Ruby lives in the time after the Chem Wars in a land troubled by talking beasts. On a journey to bring her grandmother medicine, she finally comes face to face with one.

Go to amazon.com"The Werewolf" in The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, Penguin USA, 1990- On her way to visit her grandmother, a girl is attacked by a wolf with a surprising secret.

Go to amazon.com"Wolf" in The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold by Francesca Lia Block, Joanna Cotler, 2000- The wolf in this tale is represented by the narrator's sexually abusive stepfather, who has followed her after she tries to run away to her grandmother's house.

Go to amazon.com"Wolfland" in Red as Blood, or, Tales from the Sisters Grimmer by Tanith Lee, DAW Books, 1983- 16-year-old Lisel is summoned to live with Grandmother in her mansion within the dark forest of Wolfland. Here, she learns the price her grandmother paid to escape an abusive husband, and the price she must now pay for her grandmother's freedom.

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