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Classic fairy tale villains get to share their sides of the story in this collection from the multi-award-winning anthologists. In a bookshop in rural Maine, a good for nothing, unambitious young man finds his calling, in Delia Sherman's "Wizard's Apprentice." A wife's giant confronts a mischievous thief who dares to invade her home in Peter S. Beagle's "Up the Down Beanstalk: A Wife Remembers." Garth Nix tells the tale of a runaway girl with extremely long hair who becomes "An Unwelcome Guest" for a witch and her familiar. A newlywed bride moves into "Castle Othello" and uncovers the Moorish Prince's shocking secret in Nancy Farmer's "Bluebeard"-inspired story. Sugar and spice—but not everything nice—are the ingredients that make up one of fairy tale's most infamous baddies in Catherynne M. Valente's "A Delicate Architecture." These monstrous and misunderstood antagonists—and ten more—reveal their motives in Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling'sTroll's-Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales, featuring award-winning and New York Times–bestselling authors. Other contributors include: Holly Black * Michael Cadnum * Wendy Froud * Neil Gaiman * Nina Kiriki Hoffman * Ellen Kushner * Kelly Link * Midori Snyder * Joseph Stanton * Jane Yolen
Ellen Datlow
Ellen Datlow has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for forty years as fiction editor of Omni and Sci Fiction magazines. She currently acquires short stories and novellas for Tor.com. In addition, she has edited about one hundred science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies, including the annual Best Horror of the Year series.
Terri Windling
Experts in the genres of mythic and speculative fiction, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling have edited numerous anthologies for readers of all ages. Together and individually they have won abundant honors, including multiple World Fantasy, Hugo, and Bram Stoker Awards.
Ellen Datlow has also received the British Fantasy Society's Karl Edward Wagner Award for "outstanding contribution to the genre." She lives in New York City.
Terri Windling is the recipient of the Science Fiction Writers Association's Solstice Award for outstanding contributions to the speculative fiction field. She lives in Devon, England.
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