A girl bargains with a dragon. A woman dons the Green Knight's armor. A princess atop a glass hill hurls fruit at would-be rescuers.

Humorous, terrifying, and downright strange retellings lurk in these poems and stories ? many published for the first time in this collection, including the all-new Arthurian timeloop novella "All The Ways We Drown" in which Elaine of Astolat and Elaine of Corbenic take matters into their own hands.

Devan Barlow's short fiction and poetry have appeared in a variety of anthologies and magazines. When not writing she reads voraciously, drinks tea, and thinks about fairy tales and sea monsters.