Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Thorn, White Rose | 1994 | Daniel Quinn | Buy |
Black Thorn, White Rose (1994) is an anthology of reimagined fairy tales edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. Quinn’s contribution, “The Frog King, or Iron Henry,” uses circular dialogue and repetition to build a quietly tragic retelling of the Brothers Grimm story. The anthology was part of a series that Datlow and Windling assembled in the 1990s, following their earlier Snow White, Blood Red, with the aim of returning fairy tales to their darker, pre-Victorian roots.
Quinn’s appearance in the collection is a reminder that his interests ranged beyond the environmental philosophy he became known for. While Ishmael and its sequels dominated his public identity, he was also drawn to myth, fable, and storytelling traditions that predated modern civilization, the very subject his most famous books were written to examine.