The stepmother was obviously in love with the King, and terrified by the monster that’s threatening the kingdom. That’s important all the emotion is conveyed just behind the words themselves. She narrates in a simple storytelling tone that makes all of this so believable, very matter-of-fact and calm. With anyone else the central idea for the villain might come across as a little too horror-movie/fantasy, but Gaiman has chosen the perfect voice for the stepmother.
They’re full of interesting tidbits about how he got the idea for a story, or what was going on when he was writing it, and sometimes he’ll sneak a short story inside the notes about his short stories.) (Side note: I’ve said this in other reviews, but if you haven’t had a chance to read one of Neil Gaiman’s collections then you really need to get ahold of one – any of them, they’re all excellent – because Gaiman writes some of the best author’s notes in the business. I first read it in Gaiman’s short-story collection Smoke and Mirrors, and in his author’s notes he described this one as being like a virus, one that will completely change how you read the original tale. One of my favorite genres is the re-told fairy tale, and this is a particularly dark, wonderfully sinister retelling of a famous fairy tale from the point of view of the “wicked” stepmother. The latest one (due out on August 20th) manages to once again do the impossible: it takes a story that I already thought was perfect and makes it even better.Ĭlick the jump for a review and preview pages of “Snow, Glass, Apples”, a collaboration between Gaiman and artist Colleen Doran.
Dark Horse Books has been releasing a steady stream of stand-alone short stories by Neil Gaiman, each of them illustrated by a prominent artist.
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