Fairy Tales have hidden depths: we don't often get to discover the real meaning of the mysterious creatures which show up in these stories. We read tales of kidnapped children, of young ones coerced into horrendous fates by getting involved with the shape changing older ones... the trickery and deceit which goes on under the very noses of the people who should have known better but who ended up getting involved...

Knowing all this, we still come back for more.

Once Upon A Scream is a collection of outrageous crimes committed against those who walk into the many traps laid for them, (Cinderella's ugly stepsisters are a case in point, Hansel and Gretel are another... that really is a 'child beware!' tale if ever there was one!) with every story bringing its own wild selection of nastiness by animals and people alike. Find a whole new world of fairy lands and strange people in this fascinating collection of dark stories written by the best writers we could find.

In this anthology we have: -

We're Ugly and We Own It - David Turnbull

Alternate Endings - Rie Sheridan Rose

Wicked Heart - Gina Easton

Who's Afraid? - Liam Spinage

Beauty Within The Briar - Rie Sheridan Rose

Becoming - Jason R Frei

The Cindy Killer Story - Stuart Holland

Unlicensed To Live - Dan Allen

Beautiful Wickedness - Brooke MacKenzie

The Head Above The Gate - Rie Sheridan Rose

A Reward of Summer Sweets - Aaron Padley

In Eiger Wild Wood - Geoff Nelder

Arsenic and Red Leather - Jason R Frei

Lord of the Dance - Liam Spinage

Chains of Straw - Rie Sheridan Rose

Little Red Cyber Head - Gary Budgen

Collector of Teeth - Travis Mushanski