Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears

Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears is the third book in a series of collections of re-told fairy tales edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears

First edition
Author	Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Cover artist	Matt Stawicki
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy and horror
Publisher	William Morrow & Company
Publication date	December 1995
Published in English	December 1995
Media type	Print
Pages	416 (Hardback)
ISBN	0-688-14363-6
OCLC	32590487
Dewey Decimal	813/.0876608 20
LC Class	PS648.F3 R83 1995
Preceded by	Black Thorn, White Rose
Followed by	Black Swan, White Raven

Contents[1]

• Introduction – Terri Windling & Ellen Datlow
• "Ruby Slippers" – Susan Wade – a re-telling of The Wizard of Oz from the perspective of a middle-aged Dorothy.
• "The Beast" – Tanith Lee
• "Masterpiece" – Garry Kilworth
• "Summer Wind" – Nancy Kress
• "This Century of Sleep or, Briar Rose Beneath the Sea" – Farida S. T. Shapiro – a re-telling of Sleeping Beauty, focusing on the transformations caused by time and waiting.[2]
• "The Crossing" – Joyce Carol Oates
• "Roach in Loafers" – Roberta Lannes
• "Naked Little Men" – Michael Cadnum
• "Brother Bear" – Lisa Goldstein
• "The Emperor Who Had Never Seen a Dragon" – John Brunner
• "Billy Fearless" – Nancy A. Collins
• "The Death of Koshchei the Deathless" – Gene Wolfe
• "The Real Princess" – Susan Palwick
• "The Huntsman's Story" – Milbre Burch
• "After Push Comes to Shove" – Milbre Burch
• "Hansel and Grettel" – Gahan Wilson
• "Match Girl" – Anne Bishop
• "Waking the Prince" – Kathe Koja
• "The Fox Wife" – Ellen Steiber
• "The White Road" – Neil Gaiman
• "The Traveler and the Tale" – Jane Yolen
• "The Printer's Daughter" – Delia Sherman

References

1. Table of Contents – Locus Magazine
2. Donna Scanlon's article about Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears

External links

• Ellen Datlow's Bibliography
• Rhiona's story-by-story description at Library Thing