The Menagerie
We are all a wonderful mix of hidden pieces
From the opening short story to the final poem, The Menagerie combines varied themes and genres which explore darker experiences with an empowering message of hope. This anthology is a cohesive combination of 55 tales providing strength.
No matter how hollow you may feel inside.
This is a series of creative interpretations of how survival can be brutal, can be beautiful, and can lead you to the brink of destruction before escape is found.
Within these pages are re-imagined, very grim, fairy tales; emotive poems; experimental prose; thrilling stories; vignettes; and occasional artwork.
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A taste of what you can expect when you open the pages of this 55-piece anthology:
In Black Widow, follow the detectives investigating the mysterious deaths of people within a small town, where the victims are branded with a spider as they die.
Find re-imagined versions of Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White - all of which are definitely not for children!
Go to a ball in Masquerade, with a curious dance-partner who is more than they seem.
And perhaps you can figure out who the enigmatic LM is, and whether the woman telling the story made the correct choice by the end.
Watch how a poem becomes prose in Makura No Sōshi, and discover how an idea can be pulled apart while trying to find a cohesive understanding of a relationship.
There is pain within the words of Smoky Amethyst, and other pieces in The Menagerie, which will bring sorrow and hopefully change.
The book begins with A, and ends with Z... there is a mixture of themes and genres to explore.
