<p><b>Seven ingeniously reinvented fairy tales that play out with astonishing consequences in the modern world, from one of today's finest short story writers – MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Fellow Kelly Link, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist <i>Get in Trouble</i></b>.</p><p>Finding seeds of inspiration in the Brothers Grimm, seventeenth-century French lore, and Scottish ballads, Kelly Link spins classic fairy tales into utterly original stories of seekers – characters on the hunt for love, connection, revenge, or their own sense of purpose.</p><p>In 'The White Cat's Divorce', an aging billionaire sends his three sons on a series of absurd goose chases to decide which will become his heir. In 'The Girl Who Did Not Know Fear', a professor with a delicate health condition becomes stranded for days in an airport hotel after a conference, desperate to get home to her wife and young daughter, and in acute danger of being late for an appointment that cannot be missed. In 'Skinder's Veil', a young man agrees to take over a remote house-sitting gig for a friend. But what should be a chance to focus on his long-avoided dissertation instead becomes a wildly unexpected journey, as the house seems to be a portal for otherworldly travelers – or perhaps a door into his own mysterious psyche.</p><p>Twisting and winding in astonishing ways, expertly blending realism and the speculative, witty, empathetic, and never predictable – these stories remind us once again of why Kelly Link is incomparable in the art of short fiction.</p><p><b>Reviews for <i>Get in Trouble</i>:</b> <br />
'Kelly Link is inimitable. Her tales are like nothing else, dark yet sparkling with her unique brand of fairy dust' <b>Erin Morgenstern</b> <br />'Link's stories are always a treat... Richly imagined, intellectually teasing: these are not so much small fictions as windows on to entire worlds. A brilliant, giddying read' <b>Sarah Waters</b> <br />'How does Kelly Link understand our pains and longings and memories and even our futures so well?... A national treasure!' <b>Yiyun Li</b> <br />'Funny, moving, tender, brave and dangerous' <b>Neil Gaiman</b></p>
<p>Seven reinvented fairy tales that play out with astonishing consequences in the modern world.</p>
<p>A Pulitzer Prize finalist, MacArthur 'Genius Grant' fellow and national bestseller, Kelly Link is incredibly well-respected, and incomparable in the art of short fiction.</p>
<p>A collection which revisits and reinvents fairy tales to sit alongside classics such as <i>The Bloody Chamber</i> by Angela Carter.</p>
<p>Link is the co-founder of Small Beer Press, a publisher of fantasy and literary fiction, so is very knowledgable about the industry and successful publishing.</p>
<p>MARKET: <i>Her Body and Other Parties</i> by Carmen Maria Machado; <i>The Bloody Chamber</i> by Angela Carter; <i>Salt Slow</i> by Julia Armfield.</p>