Back in the 1990's, Datlow and Windling started publishing collections of retold fairy tales. I purchased several of these collections, but never got all of them. So I am very glad that Open Media has been reissuing these titles! Black Swan, White Raven is the fourth title in this series and one that I had not purchased or read. In the book you have a interesting collection of tales retold for a modern audience that manipulates the tale in fashions that can startle a gasp or a laugh. One such tale is "Three Dwarves and 2000 Maniacs" which brings a psychiatrist to Sleeping Beauty. Another is a different take on the step-mother in "The Trial of Hansel and Gretel." This not a book to be rushed, but rather read and enjoyed.