>Also, has anyone read any of those fairytale anthologies edited by Terri >Windling and Ellen Datlow - "Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears", "White Raven, >Black Swan", "Armless Maidens" and the other ones whose names I forget? I've read the Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears and the other books in that series, but not Armless maidens. I was kind of upset by the fact the concept of an adult (not in the pornographic sense) fairy tale having to be either pornographic, violent, disturbing or any combination of the three. Of course, there were some really good stories hidden away among the sex and drugs and rock n roll, but they seemed to be pretty few and far between.
Madeline _____________________________________________________________________ There's no earthly way of knowing / Which direction we are going / There's no knowing where we're rowing / Or which way the river's flowing / Is it raining? / Is it snowing? / Is a hurricane a-blowing? / Not a speck of light is showing / So the danger must be growing / Are the fires of hell a-glowing? / Is the grisly reaper mowing? / Yes, the danger must be growing / 'Cause the rowers keep on rowing / And they're certainly not showing / Any signs that they are slowing! Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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