Ruby slippers, golden tears : a modern book of adult fairytales

""Once upon a time ..." So begin the classic fairy tales that enthralled and terrified us as children. Now, in their third critically acclaimed collection of original fairy tales for adults, World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling bring us twenty-one new stories by some of the top names in literature today. Joyce Carol Oates, Gahan Wilson, Gene Wolfe, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman -- these are but a few of the accomplished literary sorcerers who have gathered here to remold our timeless myths into more sensuous and disturbing forms. Like the fabled ruby slippers, there is powerful magic here. Rich witches in trendy resorts cast evil spells ... beautiful princesses age and wither in sleeping worlds ... terrible beasts reside beneath flawless skin. Dark, disturbing, delightful, each story was written expressly for this superb collection of distinctly grown-up fantasy -- a brilliant companion volume to Datlow and Windling's acclaimed anthologies, "Snow White, Blood Red and "Black Thorn, White Rose. The "Snow White, Blood Red" Collection #1. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/141024.Snow_White__Blood_Red) Snow White, Blood Red #2. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/397400.Black_Thorn__White_Rose) Black Thorn, White Rose #3. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371638.Ruby_Slippers__Golden_Tears) Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears #4. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/739891.Black_Swan__White_Raven) Black Swan, White Raven #5. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81039.Silver_Birch__Blood_Moon) Silver Birch, Blood Moon #6. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81038.Black_Heart__Ivory_Bones) Black Heart, Ivory Bones In their third critically acclaimed collection of original fairy tales for adults, World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling present 21 new stories by some of the top names in literature today. Dark, disturbing and delightful, each story was written expressly for this superb collection of distinctly grown-up fantasy — a brilliant companion volume to Datlow and Windling's acclaimed anthologies, Snow White, Blood Red and Black Thorn, White Rose. Contributors include: Susan Wade, Tanith Lee, Garry Kilworth, Nancy Kress, Farida S.T. Shapiro, Joyce Carol Oates, Roberta Lannes, Michael Cadnum, Lisa Goldstein, John Brunner, Nancy A. Collins, Gene Wolfe, Susan Palwick, Milbre Burch, Gahan Wilson, Anne Bishop, Kathe Koja, Ellen Steiber, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, and Delia Sherman. Formats : EPUB, ORIGINAL_EPUB Fantasy fiction. In their third critically acclaimed collection of original fairy tales for adults, World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling present 21 new stories by some of the top names in literature today. Dark, disturbing and delightful, each story was written expressly for this superb collection of distinctly grown-up fantasy - a brilliant companion volume to Datlow and Windling's acclaimed anthologies, "Snow White, Blood Red" and "Black Thorn, White Rose." WELCOME TO VOLUME THREE IN OUR SERIES OF fairy tales for adults (following Snow White, Blood Red and Black Thorn, White Rose).