Books like Black Swan, White Raven by Ellen Datlow

Shirley Jackson’s classic psychological horror, *The Haunting of Hill House*, follows a lonely woman drawn into an abandoned mansion whose malevolent presence ultimately consumes her.

In the unforgettable Le Cirque des Rêves, two young magicians, Celia and Marco, are locked in a nocturnal duel of wonder and will—an impossible game where love and magic collide on a stage of breathtaking spectacle.

A playful collection of six fairy‑tale poems, each offering a humorous retelling with a surprise ending that subverts the classic happily‑ever‑after.

Elizabeth Kolbert explores humanity’s role in today’s mass extinction, weaving science, ecology, and field writing into a compelling account of the planet’s changing biosphere.

In a grim, war‑torn future America, orphan siblings Mahlia and Mouse flee the Drowned Cities, only to confront threats that test their bond and survival in a society unraveling under endless civil conflict.

The Monstrumologist follows a young apprentice as he investigates mysterious monsters in 19th-century New England, blending gothic adventure with supernatural mystery.

In a rough western world, a half-Crow woman rises as a gunslinger to avenge her heritage, reimagining the timeless tale of Snow White amidst gunfire and grit.

A humorous collection of feminist‑led reimaginings of classic fairy tales, such as a Cinderella who rejects conventional beauty norms and a Three Little Pigs uprising against a domineering wolf.

An anthology of reimagined classic tales featuring best-selling authors and new twists on old favorites.

Black Thorn White Rose is an anthology of 18 dark, fairy‑tale‑inspired stories, curated by Ellen Datlow and featuring works by Roger Zelazny and Peter Straub.

A fantastical tale in which a postman falls for a raven, leading to an unlikely romance and the birth of a raven girl who struggles to reconcile her dual nature and seek freedom.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

In Katharine Kerr’s Deverry/Westlands series, the story moves across the shattered land of Rhiddaer, the Civil War’s end, and the city of Cerr Cawnen, where a sorceress’s plot awakens a dragon guardian.

A collection of 21 newly written fairy‑tale stories for adults, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.