Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears
# 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
