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.

Contents

 * 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.
 * "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