The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
collection 2017 The Grishaverse
Record
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | collection |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250122520 |
Synopsis
This 2017 anthology of dark fairy tales by Leigh Bardugo, set in her Grishaverse, features six reimagined stories inspired by classics like Beauty and the Beast, Hansel and Gretel and The Little Mermaid — the kind of stories the characters of her novels might have heard growing up, subverted with morally complex characters and darker resolutions.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Grishaverse
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Leigh Bardugo
Notes
- An illustrated collection of in-world fairy tales referenced by characters across the trilogies -- supplementary lore, not part of the main plotline; kept Expanded rather than invoking the collection-as-Core exception, since it is explicitly framed as folklore-within-the-world rather than the primary reading unit for any arc.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within The Grishaverse (standalone work): position 7 of 11: previous Crooked Kingdom (2016) · next King of Scars (2019)
Sources
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