Annaleise Byrd

A tremendous whooshing noise started up. It sounded like a million pages being riffled at once. I caught a strong whiff of gingerbread. Then The Complete Fairytales of the Brothers Grimm flew open and a human-shaped blur came shooting out … Basil Beedon and Terry Clegg are neighbours, and that's all they have in common. Terry loves sport and Basil...

A fun-filled fractured fairytale adventure in a very surprising, Grimm world. 'There’s a word missing.’ Terry pointed to the book. ‘The maid plucked the … ready for the spit.’ He flipped back a page. ‘It said she was sitting beside a black hen, right?’ It was true. The words ‘black hen’ were gone. All that remained was a larger-than-usual space....