Snow White and the Seventeen Dwarfs: A Fairy Tale Satire

by Ford Forkum

Snow White had it all. She was a princess and one of the most beautiful women in the kingdom. But it all went to Hell in a handbasket the day a talking mirror declared her to be better-looking than her stepmother, the queen. The queen tried to have her killed, and Snow White ran off into the woods to live with a bunch of dwarfs.

Could this unlikely premise for a children's classic get any more messed up? Yes it could.

In this satirical retelling, Snow White finds herself not among the harmless seven dwarfs of fairy tale lore, but a motley rabble of seventeen dwarfs. Though they are protective of the princess, seventeen dwarfs under one roof is a recipe for chaos and questionable decisions.

Dark humor abounds as the story unfolds with adult themes in place of the usual kid-friendly claptrap.

62 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 14, 2017

About the author

Hi there! I write humorous and satirical stories that include Aliens, Zombies, Vampires, Fairies, Dwarfs, Talking Mirrors, God, Satan, Princesses, and Immortal Giraffes!

My latest book "Zombie Invasion and the Alien Apocalypse" is now available at Amazon.


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YBJFRM8

Reviews

[Rabid Readers Reviews]

Snow White and the Seventeen Dwarfs is a fractured fairy tale on the dark side. Forkum describes an Evil Queen descending into madness. She has been talking to mirrors and finds an enchanted mirror that feeds her mania and creates an obsession with maintaining her place as most beautiful in the realm. When the mirror tells her that her stepdaughter Snow has unseated her by a very narrow margin, she dispatches the Huntsman and then things take a very different turn. Snow encounters seventeen dwarves including one who believes himself to be a dog named Savage and the somewhat sultry Dwarfette. Forkum's take on the story and world in which it takes place is more Middle Earth than Disney. Forkum takes the well known characters, adds some players and makes the entire world his own.

Taken as a whole, Snow White and the Seventeen Dwarfs is a brilliantly funny read reminiscent of the sort of humor one sees from Monty Python. There's an intelligence and absurdity that calls to a readers who love seeing what, perhaps, readers always knew was there but characters wouldn't want you to see. Snow White and the Seventeen Dwarfs is a great read. Pick it up today and share it with your family. They'll get a kick out of this funny and fresh work.

[Kim]

Not your typical fairytale! I’ve read this author’s work, he loves to put his own spin on fairytales, so I knew it wasn’t your memory of this book. Right when you open and start reading you’re laughing at the queen and the mirror, it sets the theme for the book. The dwarfs are not sneezy, grumpy etc.. they’re the opposite. You really should read it yourself! It’s hilarious!!!!