With an additional story in this paperback edition, this collection offers bewitched retellings of classic fairy-tales featuring brave and resilient heroines. In the tradition of Angela Carter, stories such as Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin are given a witchy makeover. These tales of blood and intrigue, betrayal, and enchantment from a new Irish author are not for the faint-hearted, or damsels in distress. The stories are intricately illustrated with black and white line drawings, in the style of Aubrey Beardsley, by a new Irish illustrator.