false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184126550m/1487801.jpg 371638 4 <p><i>"Once upon a time ..."</i> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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, <i>Snow White, Blood Red</i> and <i>Black Thorn, White Rose</i>.</p> 451479 1995 Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears (Vol. 3) total:189|5:53|4:81|3:46|2:4|1:5| 189 740 349 18 3 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 13:56:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 14:04:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 11:23:16 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 18 15:43:36 -0800 2009 1 Deers...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 24 16:17:26 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 09 01:20:45 -0700 2009 Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears is an anthology of short stories inspired by classic fairy tales from cultures around the world. The collection, like the five other volumes in the series, was compiled and edited by fantasy authors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. It's not necessary to read these in an...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 16 23:53:19 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 23:56:39 -0700 2009
There was one in particular based on Puss-in-boots that I enjoyed very much, but I can't remember the ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 21:39:56 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 17:36:32 -0700 2008
The retelling of "Match Girl" disturbed me because of the explicitness of the rape she experiences multiple t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Fri Nov 07 11:31:26 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 11:34:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 17:58:23 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 18:00:22 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Feb 23 16:55:40 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 16:57:16 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 18:29:53 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 17:19:34 -0700 2009
]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 18:08:49 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 11:59:27 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Mar 23 17:51:59 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 20:24:48 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Wed Aug 01 14:30:05 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 14:31:04 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Fri Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 10:08:36 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 18:56:21 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Apr 02 11:28:05 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 11:28:57 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jul 26 20:22:30 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 20:22:54 -0700 2007 That means I am in a collection with Neil Gaiman.
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