The queen is incinerated in a kiln and the story is revealed to be her final thoughts as she begins to burn to death. The prince and Snow White return to the queen's kingdom and sentence her to death for witchcraft. Indulging his necrophilia, the prince rapes Snow White and unwittingly dislodges the piece of apple stuck in Snow White's throat, resurrecting her. On his way home, he encounters the dead body of Snow White being guarded by seven dwarves. However, the queen is unable to sexually satisfy the prince, who is clearly a necrophiliac, and he leaves. Two years later, a prince visits the queen and she plans to marry him and unite their kingdoms. The queen flees but knows that the creature ate the apples when Snow White's removed heart finally stops beating. Following large numbers of disappearances and murders in the kingdom, the queen uses magic and her own blood to create enchanted apples which she brings into the woods to a still-living Snow White. The stepmother has her huntsmen murder Snow White and cut out her heart, which still beats even after being removed and is hung in the queen's private chambers. The king ultimately dies from abuse, both physical and sexual, by six-year-old Snow White and leaves the stepmother to reign as queen. She marries a king and describes his daughter, Snow White, as a mysterious, vampiric young girl. The stepmother has had magical powers from a very young age, including visions of the future. The story incorporates themes of vampirism, incest, pedophilia, and necrophilia. Ultimately she is unsuccessful, as the 'happy ending' of the original story still takes place despite her efforts to prevent it. The stepmother is struggling desperately to save the kingdom from her unnatural and monstrous stepdaughter. The story retells the famous fairy tale of Snow White from the point of view of Snow White's stepmother, who is traditionally the villain of the piece. It was originally released as a benefit book for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and was reprinted in the anthology Love in Vein II, edited by Poppy Z. ' Snow, Glass, Apples' is a 1994 short story written by Neil Gaiman.

Snow, Glass, Apples by Colleen Doran