Ebony, Blood, and Snow

Short story collection coming Spring 2024

How did Snow White’s mother become so vain? What if Cinderella didn’t go to the ball? When does the maiden become the monster?

Inspired by familiar fairy tales, author Tish Black’s debut short story collection takes the tales in new directions and rewrites history. Little Red hunts wolves, Gretel helps the witch, and Bluebeard’s wife gets revenge. These unconventional heroines fight the patriarchy with no time for romance— unless it’s queer. Fans of Angela Carter’s radical feminist fairy tale retellings will find a kindred spirit in Black’s collection of transgressive stories. 

As Told By Wolves: Little Red Riding Hood Films

Available now on YouTube

The story of Little Red has always been told by wolves… starting with Charles Perrault changing the French oral tale into a warning of how pretty girls ought to behave and continuing in films with men filmmakers sexing up Red in 40s cartoons, teaching girls to obey their parents in children’s films, and attempting to use the tale to “do feminism” on women’s behalf. In all that- has anyone really understood the tale?

How Snow White Films Define Beauty and Power

Available now on YouTube

Snow White films, mostly directed and written by men, use beauty, magic, and combat to create a story of two women fighting for a single position of power. They turn a vain woman into an evil power-hungry witch and an abused young woman into a warrior. In watching these Snow White movies, I saw how the male filmmakers defined beauty, created power, and tried to give Snow White some agency.