This was originally written for, and published in, an anthology of retellings of classic fairy tales. Volume one was entitled 'A is for Apple', and centred on variations on the 'Snow White' mythos.
While writing this story I returned to the original Brothers Grimm version. Unlike the later incarnations, most notably the Disney retelling, this is a very dark tale indeed. The wicked Queen was actually Snow White’s own mother, there are suggestions of cannibalism and necrophilia, and the Prince doesn’t kiss her to wake her up, but has his minions carry her around in her glass coffin to be admired.
But the core themes of vanity, exploitation, jealousy and vengeance are as valid today as they always were, and the online beauty community seemed an ideal setting for a feud that turns nasty.
Genre: Fantasy
While writing this story I returned to the original Brothers Grimm version. Unlike the later incarnations, most notably the Disney retelling, this is a very dark tale indeed. The wicked Queen was actually Snow White’s own mother, there are suggestions of cannibalism and necrophilia, and the Prince doesn’t kiss her to wake her up, but has his minions carry her around in her glass coffin to be admired.
But the core themes of vanity, exploitation, jealousy and vengeance are as valid today as they always were, and the online beauty community seemed an ideal setting for a feud that turns nasty.
Genre: Fantasy
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