In this companion book to "The Hazel Wood" and "The Night Country," the author presents a collection of dark fairy tales by Alice's reclusive grandmother Althea Proserpine. Journey into the Hinterland, a brutal and beautiful world. Among those you'll meet are a young woman who spends a night with Death; brides wed to a mysterious house in the trees; and an enchantress who is killed twice and still lives. -- adapted from back cover.

The door that wasn't there --Hansa the traveler -- The clockwork bride -- Jenny and the night women -- The skinned maiden -- Alice-three-times -- The house under the stairwell -- Ilsa waits -- The sea cellar -- Mother and the dagger -- Twice-killed Katherine -- Death and the woodwife.