It may be the shortest story of The Bloody Chamber collection (it’s approximately 500 words), but Angela Carter manages to pack a lot into ‘The Snow Child’. It takes the theme of jealousy from its ‘Snow White’ origins and explores aspects of male power and desire, adding a heavy dose of horror to the fairy tale inspiration as well – though fairy tales are horror stories anyway, aren’t they? Have a read before I go and spoiler it all – you can find it here.