Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears

Contents

• Introduction – Terri Windling & Ellen Datlow
• "Ruby Slippers" – Susan Wade – a re-telling of The [Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|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