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Grimmer Tales

A Wicked Collection of Happily Never After Stories

Erik Bergstrom - Author

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A hilarious collection of upended fairy tales that will recast your classic family favorites in an all-wrong light

Remember those beloved fairy tales you read as a child? Where the damsel in distress is rescued by the handsome prince and then they all live happily ever after? Well Grimmer Tales is just like that. Minus the happy and the ever after!

In these pages you'll find classic tales twisted, tweaked, and riddled with morbid humor. Little Boy Blue blows his brains out, Pinocchio impales his dentist when asked if he's been flossing and Rapunzel's head comes off at its stem when her prince charming climbs the tower.

Get ready for your nostalgia-o-meter to flicker enthusiastically while shivers course up your spine at the all-wrong acts committed by the heroes and heroines of yesteryear.

"Beautiful drawings for beautiful children and ugly twists of irony for ugly children. It has something for everyone!"
--Graham Roumieu, author of Bigfoot: I Not Dead and 101 Ways to Kill Your Boss

"Hilarious! Erik Bergstrom finally adds what these classic stories were missing: death, dismemberment and lambs with guns!"
--Timmy Williams, IFC's The Whitest Kids U Know

"Grimmer Tales is a hilariously original concept with charming writing and illustrations that will keep you chuckling throughout!"
--Ralph Tedesco, writer/creator of the graphic novel series Grimm Fairy Tales

"Delightful nuggets of homicidal whimsy. Perfect toilet read."
--Adam Wasson, author of The Self Destruction Handbook and Eats, Poops and Leaves

"Erik Bergstrom has created a joyfully morbid masterpiece! A real treat for souls who like some sinister in their saccharine. Graced with such twisted insight and a unique drawing style, Bergstrom's is a voice I am sure we will get to hear a lot more from in the future."
--Aurelio Voltaire, musician, author, creator of Deady the Bear.