The twenty-five illustrated short stories in this collection are based on the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales, which were sanitized in their time by reducing violence so they could be read to children. In Beyond Grimm, some stories are simple, others more thought-provoking, but all of them-by twisting known fairy tales to be darker, more amusingly gory, and more violent-restore for adults the fun of reading about fanciful characters who are demented, bloodsucking, and get the end they deserve.