{"product_id":"once-upon-the-end-volume-one-9798993710853","title":"Once Upon the End: Volume One","description":"\u003cp\u003eFairy tales teach us that monsters can be defeated, curses can be broken, and love can conquer anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories disagree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOnce Upon the End: Volume One\u003c\/em\u003e, Matt Walker reimagines beloved fairy tales through the lens of horror, dark fantasy, gothic romance, and tragedy. Familiar legends are stripped to their bones and rebuilt into stories where desire becomes obsession, beauty becomes corruption, and every happy ending carries a price.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA boy who never grew up discovers what eternity truly costs. A child learns the horrifying truth hidden inside the promise of becoming more. A sleeping princess finds herself trapped within a dream that refuses to end. A mermaid waits beneath black water for a love that can never survive the surface. A girl in red walks willingly toward the monster she should fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross nine dark fairy tales, heroes become villains, villains become victims, and the line between salvation and damnation grows increasingly thin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt their heart, these stories explore the same question: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat piece of yourself are you willing to sacrifice to become the person you think you want to be?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing the first five entries in the \u003cem\u003eOnce Upon the End\u003c\/em\u003e series, along with the exclusive stories Tresses of Love, Blue Was Her Favorite Color, \u003cem\u003eCloaked in Red\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShadowless\u003c\/em\u003e, this collector's edition gathers more than five hundred pages of haunting fiction into a single volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautiful. Tragic. Unsettling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are not stories about happily ever after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are the stories about what remains when the magic is gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e 3 Suns Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798993710853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.31d","brand":"Matt Walker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52801382711477,"sku":"9798993710853","price":33.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/once-upon-the-end-volume-one-9798993710853","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}