Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears (Digital Original) (Fairy Tale Anthologies #3)

By: Tanith Lee and Neil Gaiman and John Brunner and Jane Yolen and Nancy A. Collins and Susan Palwick and Lisa Goldstein and Michael Cadnum and Joyce Carol Oates and Ellen Steiber and Gahan Wilson and Roberta Lannes and Gene Wolfe and Delia Sherman and Garry Kilworth and Anne Bishop and Nancy Kress and Susan Wade and Kathe Koja and Farida S.T. Shapiro and Milbre Burch

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Synopsis: Fairy tales reimagined—in stories by &“a distinguished company of writers&” including Neil Gaiman, Joyce Carol Oates, and Tanith Lee (Kirkus Reviews). For many of us, the fairy tale was our first exposure to the written word and the power of storytelling. These wondrous works of magic and morality enthralled us, enchanted us, sometimes terrified us, and remain in our hearts and memories still. Once again, World Fantasy Award–winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling have compiled an extraordinary collection of reimagined tales conceived by some of today&’s most acclaimed contemporary purveyors of literary fantasy, science fiction, and horror, including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Joyce Carol Oates, Tanith Lee, Nancy Kress, Gene Wolfe, and others. Remarkable things lurk in these dark and magical woods. Here Beauty confronts a serial-killer Beast, Hansel and Gretel&’s witch resides not in a gingerbread house but in a luxurious resort, and Rumpelstiltskin is truly the devil demanding his due, rightfully or otherwise. The hilarious &“Roach in Loafers&” ingeniously combines the classic &“Elves and the Shoemaker&” tale with &“Puss in Boots&” and adds an insectile twist, while in a modern fable that blends The Wizard of Oz and Hans Christian Andersen, Dorothy is set adrift in Hollywoodland, ruby slippers and all. These are not the fairy stories you remember from childhood.