At the twelfth stroke, the prince saw Death and knew him. It was all grin below a triangle of sockets of nose and eyes. At the eleventh stroke, he beheld a thing in a ragged black cowl and robe. At the tenth stroke, he saw a change in the loveliness before him. At the eighth and the ninth strokes, the strength of the malediction seemed to curdle his blood. "And in the name of my Master, who rules the world."Īs the fifth, the sixth, the seventh strokes pealed out, the prince stood nonplussed. "And in the name of those that your father slew." Populated with demons and devils, vengeful gods and not-so-innocent young girls, the nine tales of Red As Blood weave a tapestry of chilling vissions, spun by the incomparably fiendish imagination of Tanith Lee.Īnd then, in the ballroom, Death struck the first note on the golden bell. And in "Thorns" you'll find the haunting answer to the question, "What if awakening the Sleeping Beauty turns out to be the mistake of a lifetime- of several lifetimes, in fact?" In "Wolfland," Lisel takes a trip through the woods to visit her grandmother- who bears little resemblance to the loving old woman we expect. Then there is Ashella, the Cinderella-like girl who, "When the Clock Strikes," intends to give her Prince Charming a deadly surprise. In the title story, Lee shows us a perfectly good stepmother, whose Princess stepdaughter reeks of evil. Status: Very hard-to-find, DAW Publishing Condition: vg- condition, minor shelf/aging wear, previous owner book plate (Boris Vallejo work)
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