These Fairy Tales Aren’t For Kids by EM Lynley
The neverending popularity of fairy tales, even for adults, can’t be ignored. Once Upon a Time about a town populated with fairy-tale characters who need help to break the curse they live under. Another hit new TV series this season is Grimm, bringing fairy tales back to their roots, away from the Disnification many of us grew up with. Last year we had Beastly and Amanda Seyfried’s film Red Riding Hood opens. Hollywood has several more fairy-tale-inspired films coming during the next year, including Julia Roberts’ turn as a wicked witch.
Once again, fairy tales come back to their roots: horrific, terrifying, but still a battle between good and evil, and this new crop is definitely not for kids.
If you like your fairy tales with a little more emphasis on the erotic and the romantic, you’re bound to enjoy the stories in Bedknobs & Beanstalks, Gay Fairy Tales anthology I’ve edited. I’ve selected stories which take the classic battle of good vs. evil and infused it with plenty of sex and romance. You’ll never think of fairy tales the same way again!
I chose stories with varied settings: go from modern-day reality of foreclosures to feudal Japan, then take a trip to a gingerbread house in the woods or meet the sexiest merman you can imagine. They are all here.
Bedknobs & Beanstalks: An Anthology of M/M Fairy Tales
Edited by EM Lynley
ContributorsKilt Kilpatrick, Clancy Nacht, JL Merrow, Mina Kelly, Jason Rubis, SJ Frost, Jason Rubis, Lenore Black, Mercy Loomis and Jay DiMeo
Available from Kindle or paperback from Amazon, Ravenous Romance, Fictionwise, and ARe,
Rumpled Silk Sheets: Lesbian Fairy Tales
Edited by EM Lynley
Contributors include: Shanna Germain, Sunny Moraine, Vivica Lace, Kilt Kilpatrick, Michael Jones, GG Royale, Kenzie Mathews and Jean Roberta
Available from Amazon/Kindle, Fictionwise, ARe, and the publisher.
4 Responses to “These Fairy Tales Aren’t For Kids by EM Lynley”
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How cool. I always love a new take on fairy tales. 🙂
*fans self* That cover isn’t for kids, either! Just…need…to….move…that…type…! Love it!
This was a fun anthology to edit. I got such a wide variety of stories and I chose ones which didn’t do the typical re-hashing of overdone themes. It was also the first anthology I ever edited and I was thrilled that reviewers liked it so much. I also learned a lot about both writing and editing from the process!
And yes, that cover image is wonderful. Mmmmmm.
This is great, especially as so many fairytales have their roots in adult myths and stories in the first place! I love a twist on a famous trope 🙂