![]() ![]() Eleven-or-twelve year old me was terrified by that sensual image – but I kept going back and sneak-reading the next story.) (And how about that cover art by Michael Whelan? He managed to make Snow White look both sultry and horrific. Michael Whelan’s cover art for the Daw edition of Red As Blood In fact, I can remember my initial reaction to almost each and every tale from that small volume. I remember surreptitiously picking up a copy of Red As Blood, Or Tales From The Sisters Grimmer that was lying next to the spare bed in my mother’s house, and sneakily (because I wasn’t sure if I was allowed) reading all those dark, fantastical, twisted fairy tales, one by one. I vividly remember reading the first story, Paid Piper, and being both puzzled and fascinated by the familiar-but-different tale. I think Tanith Lee may have been the first “adult” author I read. ![]() News stories state she died in her sleep on Sunday after a long illness. ![]() Such tragic news – updates on what I did last weekend will have to wait. ![]()
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