The best writers of our generation retell classic tales.

From Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene to E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops," literature is filled with sexy, deadly, and downright twisted tales. In this collection, award-winning and bestselling authors reimagine their favorite classic stories, the ones that have inspired, awed, and enraged them, the ones that have become ingrained in modern culture, and the ones that have been too long overlooked. They take these stories and boil them down to their bones, and reassemble them for a new generation of readers.


Written from a twenty-first century perspective and set within the realms of science fiction, dystopian fiction, fantasy, and realistic fiction, these short stories are as moving and thought provoking as their originators. They pay homage to groundbreaking literary achievements of the past while celebrating each author's unique perception and innovative style.

• We started tracking this book on February 4, 2013.
• This book was $9.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 55 times in the past 4,618 days.
• The current price of this book is $1.99 last checked 3 hours ago.
• The lowest price to date was $1.99 last reached on September 26, 2025.
• This book has been $1.99 16 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $14.99 last reached on May 3, 2025.
• This book has been $14.99 one time since we started tracking it.
• This book is currently at its lowest price since we started tracking it.

• Teen & Young AdultScience Fiction & FantasyFantasyFairy Tales & FolkloreAdaptations
• Teen & Young AdultScience Fiction & FantasyFantasyFairy Tales & FolkloreAnthologies
• Teen & Young AdultLiterature & FictionShort Stories

• Publication Date: May 1, 2025
• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 364 Pages
• File Size: 107 KB