Snow, Glass, Apples
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"Snow, Glass, Apples" is a short story written by Neil Gaiman. It was released as a benefit book for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
It was adapted by the author into an audio drama, which was produced by Seeing Ear Theatre in 2001, starring Bebe Neuwirth. (This was the second of two collaborations between Gaiman and Seeing Ear Theatre, following Murder Mysteries, and the two adaptations have been released together on CD under the title Two Plays For Voices.)
The story retells the famous fairy tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves from the point of view of Snow White's stepmother, who is traditionally the villain of the piece but is here depicted as struggling desperately - and ultimately, unsuccessfully, as the "happy ending" takes place on schedule - to save the kingdom from her unnatural and monstrous stepdaughter.
The story incorporates themes of vampirism and necrophilia, which relate strongly in the ending.
"Snow, Glass, Apples" is included in Gaiman's anthology, Smoke and Mirrors.
The story is also referenced in the 2002 Tori Amos song "Carbon".
