If ‘The Brothers Grimm’ Can Play the Heroes, Why Can’t One Grimm Play the Devil?
Miramax’s “The Brothers Grimm” is not the only macabre fairytale retelling that casts a Grimm into the world of his fairytales. Bleeding Through Kingdoms: Cinderella's Rebellion offers Grimm as the villian in this new novel by screenwriter Riley LaShea.
Nashville, TN (PRWEB) July 29, 2005 -
– Miramax’s “The Brothers Grimm” is not the only macabre fairytale retelling that casts a Grimm into the world of his fairytales. Bleeding Through Kingdoms: Cinderella’s Rebellion, the debut novel by 25-year-old indie writer Riley LaShea, will heave you out of the real world and into the realm of fairy tales in less than two pages, and hold you spell-bound there until the final battle in the Gulf of Broken Dreams.
In her escape from the persistent Prince Charming, Cinderella has altered her story and upset the balance of the Black Forest and its other fairytale inhabitants. The next thing she knows she is crossing into kingdoms she was never meant to discover, and encountering individuals whose existence she was never supposed to know about, including Rapunzel, Hansel & Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (with beanstalk) and Snow White and the dwarves: Big Papa, Chauncy, Mo, Sponk, Tater, Esteban, and Baby G. At first it all seems a fantastic adventure, but it doesnÂ’t take long to realize that CinderellaÂ’s joyful abandon is not sitting well with everyone.
Snow WhiteÂ’s stepmother, the beautiful but cruel Queen Ino, now wants all three of the girls dead, but she is only a servant to the master plan. Something deeper, darker, and much more powerful is working beneath the surface, toiling to put everything back the way it was intended. As the inhabitants of the Black Forest begin to mysteriously disappear, it will take all of the inhabitants of the Black Forest, both decent and depraved, to seize control of their land and their destinies.
Tired of seeing weak “heroines” in the so-called ‘happily ever after,’ Riley LaShea borrowed some favorite characters, added a few of her own, and crafted a modern take on tradition, a genuine fairy tale about courage, friendship, freedom, and self-worth, with healthy doses of humor, mayhem, and, of course, magic. With deliciously wicked twists and ultimate girl power, revolution has never been this enticing.
Bleeding Through Kingdoms: CinderellaÂ’s Rebellion can be ordered from Tattered Essence Publishing, PO Box 290996, Nashville, TN 37229; call credit card orders to 615-360-6117; or fax 615-296-4192. It can also be purchased at Amazon. com or fine bookstores everywhere. For more details, visit www. cinderellasrebellion. com.
ISBN: 0-9766130-1-8 • Fiction • Softcover • 256 pages • $14.95
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