The imperatives of literary fashion aren’t nearly as oppressive as they used to be, so in order to understand what it was like to be Angela Carter, writing in the 1970s and ’80s, we’ll have to use our ...

This essay describes the cerebral pleasure and liberation Angela Carter found in the fairy tale, and its transformational effect on her oeuvre, by drawing a comparison (as she did) with the form's ...

It would seem that every fashion designer under the sun is busy catching the next runway show: New York, London, Milan, Paris, then all over again. And It would also seem that all designers are ...

In this collection of 16 previously published and new stories, Slatter presents twisted, fractured, illuminating fairy tales and dark fantasies that beguile in their elegant simplicity. Many of the ...

Once upon a time there was a happy kingdom at the crest of a broad river, at the edge of nearly endless forest. The kingdom was ruled by a fair and just King who had but one daughter, who was the ...

ONCE upon a time there was a girl who was so sweet and kind that everyone loved her. So begins the story of Little Red Riding Hood. You may think you know it – but ...