F*cked Up Fairy Tales

Bawdy, shocking, and hilarious interpretations of classic and rare fairy tales from a beloved TikTok storyteller.Based on the wildly popular web series, F*cked Up Fairy Tales presents modern retellings of some of the strangest and darkest stories humans had the audacity to invent. Inspired by sources from around the world, Cosbrarian Liz Gotauco conjures gossipy animals, homicidal royals, doomed commoners, and shape-shifting beauxall reckoning with complicated, adult problems that Disney versions have sanitized.F*cked Up Fairy Tales explores timeless themes that have long tickled the human subconscious, from accidental bestiality (So . . . You Married an Animal) and catastrophic marriages (Crappily Ever After) to the vexed question of what to do with your murderous lindworm child (F*cked Up Family Trees). Gotauco highlights the not-so-distressed damsels and overlooked voices of folklore, including heroes like the Philippines unlucky-in-love goddess Maria Makiling, Indias clever Princess Kalendrin, and Chiles no-nonsense Snow White. She also teases and topples fairy tale tropes: for every wicked stepmother theres a gaslighting sorcerer; for every royal wedding theres an embarrassingly public breakup; childhood lessons of idleness, innocence, and piety are put on hold for questions about lust, aging, and divine poetic justice. And her deeply researched yet hilarious asides offer insight into the stories contested origins and spill deliciously weird details about fairy tale authors like Madame dAulnoy and the Brothers Grimm.Sexy, disturbing, and outrageous, with stylish, distinctive illustrations, F*cked Up Fairy Tales celebrates the astonishing diversity of the oral tradition, reaffirming our universal love for a story thats messy as f*ck.