I Was Wrong, Or Maybe I Just Misplaced It

It was my assumption that I had it somewhere, but I really didn’t. After all, I’ve had that collection for quite awhile, so it would only make sense, yes? But no … I was wrong.

I’ve talked about Neil Gaiman previously and on many occasions. Obviously, at least to me, he is well worth mentioning. Of late, I’ve found myself encountering references to an earlier work of his, a short one in which he confronts a known-by-heart fairy tale and inverts it, slinging it inside-out to great effect without losing any of the original material. My assumption was that it lived in a book of his works called Angels & Visitations, but actually it only resides on its own or as a performed audio piece. It is entitled “Snow, Glass, Apples” and it is only for the strong of imagination and not for the faint of idea.

If you’ve time, read it or hear it.

  • Cy

    Coincidentally, I was just reading this story last night; it’s included in “Love in Vein II”, a collection of short vampire stories collected by Poppy Z. Brite.