An anthology of reimagined classic tales by best-selling and award-winning young adult authors applies unique spins to old favorites, from Saladin Ahmed's interpretation of Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene to Neil Gaiman's twisted adaptation of "Sleeping Beauty."

Introduction / by Melissa Marr and Tim Pratt -- That the machine may progress eternally / by Carrie Ryan, inspired by E.M. Forster's The machine stops -- Losing her divinity / by Garth Nix, inspired by The man who would be king -- Sleeper and the spindle / by Neil Gaiman, inspired by Sleeping Beauty -- Cold corner / by Tim Pratt, inspired by Henry James' The jolly corner -- Millcara / by Holly Black, inspired by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla -- When first we were gods / by Rick Yancey, inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne's The birthmark -- Sirocco / by Margaret Stohl, inspired by Horace Walpole's The castle of Otranto -- Awakened / by Melissa Marr, inspired by Kate Chopin's The awakening -- New Chicago / by Kelley Armstrong, inspired by W.W. Jacob's The monkey's paw -- Soul collector / by Kami Garcia, inspired by the Brothers Grimm's Rumpelstiltskin -- Without faith, without law, without joy / by Saladin Ahmed, inspired by Sir Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene -- Uncaged / by Gene Wolf, inspired by William Seabrook's "The caged white werewolf of the Saraban"