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Q&A Creating a fairytale for adults

Stories for adults, based on, or including elements of fairy tales, are quite common. For example, Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples is a retelling of Snow White, with an evil vampire Snow White an...

posted 5y ago by Galastel‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-12T21:57:33Z (over 4 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:46:36Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T10:46:36Z (over 4 years ago)
Stories for adults, based on, or including elements of fairy tales, are quite common. For example, Neil Gaiman's _Snow, Glass, Apples_ is a retelling of _Snow White_, with an evil vampire Snow White and a necrophiliac prince. "Not for children" doesn't begin to cover how dark and creepy that story is.

I would say, this trope is so common, **there's no reason why your readers would expect the story to be for children** , unless some weird decision by the publisher makes them think otherwise.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-02-02T19:32:32Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 6