Dark Fairy Tales

Explore the wicked side of folktales in this brand-new collection from the bestselling illustrator Kerby Rosanes. Welcome to the bewitching world of Kerby Rosanes, where classic fairy tales come with a dark twist and there are no happily-ever-afters. Across 60 brand-new and super-detailed illustrations, Kerby showcases disturbing and unexpected retellings of folktales. His unique portrayals of familiar stories, including a portrait of a werewolf-slaying Red Riding Hood, will challenge your preconceptions of popular fairy tales. The final pages of the book offer details of each spellbinding creation that will inspire you to create your own haunting interpretations. Filled with grim stories and uncanny characters, Dark Fairy Tales offers a coloring quest unlike any other. This is the original collection all Kerby fans have been patiently waiting for, as well as the perfect introduction to his incredible artwork.

Explore the wicked side of folktales in this brand-new collection from the bestselling illustrator Kerby Rosanes. Welcome to the bewitching world of Kerby Rosanes, where classic fairy tales come with a dark twist and there are no happily-ever-afters. Across 60 brand-new and super-detailed illustrations, Kerby showcases disturbing and unexpected retellings of folktales. His unique portrayals of familiar stories, including a portrait of a werewolf-slaying Red Riding Hood, will challenge your preconceptions of popular fairy tales. The final pages of the book offer details of each spellbinding creation that will inspire you to create your own haunting interpretations. Filled with grim stories and uncanny characters, Dark Fairy Tales offers a coloring quest unlike any other. This is the original collection all Kerby fans have been patiently waiting for, as well as the perfect introduction to his incredible artwork.

Master storyteller Viktor Wynd is back with a gloriously grim collection of wickedly entertaining tales from around the world, guaranteed to tickle the darker side of the imagination. Viktor Wynd has always gravitated toward the weirder corners of folklore. On his extensive travels, he has amassed a trove of stories that refuse to play nice — filled with risqué twists, grotesque details, and endings that are surprisingly happy, though not always in the way one might expect. Having entertained audiences around the world with these tales, he has now written down some of his favorites in a book as beautifully produced as it is macabre. The stories were collected in Wales, Ireland, Arabia, Germany, Norway, Papua New Guinea, and Borneo and include the adventures of a one-eyed troll; the feckless Paddy O’Dwyer; a changeling child; a girl who thinks she can outwit a witch; the doomed Sinbad the Traveler; shapeshifters; and a baby-eating pig. Each chapter begins with Wynd’s personal account of how he came to learn these stories. Arresting and intricate illustrations by Transylvanian artist Luciana Nedelea perfectly balance the charming and grotesque. The book also includes a guide to the art of learning and recounting fairy tales. With silver foil accents and black-stenciled edges, this volume feels like a forbidden artifact plucked from a dusty cabinet of curiosities.

Master storyteller Viktor Wynd is back with a gloriously grim collection of wickedly entertaining tales from around the world, guaranteed to tickle the darker side of the imagination. Viktor Wynd has always gravitated toward the weirder corners of folklore. On his extensive travels, he has amassed a trove of stories that refuse to play nice — filled with risqué twists, grotesque details, and endings that are surprisingly happy, though not always in the way one might expect. Having entertained audiences around the world with these tales, he has now written down some of his favoritesin a book as beautifully produced as it is macabre. The stories were collected in Wales, Ireland, Arabia, Germany, Norway, Papua New Guinea, and Borneo and include the adventures ofa one-eyed troll;the feckless Paddy O’Dwyer;a changeling child; a girl who thinks she can outwit a witch; the doomed Sinbad the Traveler; shapeshifters;and a baby-eating pig. Each chapter begins with Wynd’s personal account of how he came to learn these stories. Arresting and intricate illustrations by Transylvanian artist Luciana Nedelea perfectly balance the charming and grotesque. The book also includes a guide to the art of learning and recounting fairy tales. With silver foil accents and black-stenciled edges, this volume feels like a forbidden artifact plucked from a dusty cabinet of curiosities.