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Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears
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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
and Hans Christian Andersen, Dorothy is set adrift in Hollywoodland, ruby slippers and all. These are
the fairy stories you remember from childhood.
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Elizabeth
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“I honestly don't know what to say, I could not bring myself to read much of the stories that were in this anthology, they were just too gross and too weird and not to my liking. I loved the first Anthology that I read with some of these authors of Snow White blood red, but this one just did not spark my interest. I am trying to decide if I should even look for other anthologies by these authors or not.”
Mercedie Martin
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Alexis Stankewtiz
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“Meh. Alot of misses in this one.”
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“Terrible. Glad I got this for free. I couldn't even finish it because of all the ick.”
About Ellen Datlow
was editor of Sci Fiction, the multi award- winning fiction area of scifi.com, for almost six years. Previously, she was fiction editor of
for over seventeen years. She has won the World Fantasy Award seven times, two Bram Stoker Awards, the International Horror Guild Award, the 2002 and 2005 Hugo Award, and the 2005 Locus Award, for her work as an editor. Sci Fiction won the 2005 Hugo Award for Best Website. Datlow and Windling are the co-editors of over eleven original anthologies and of seventeen volumes of
.
Other books by Ellen Datlow
Terri Windling
is an editor, writer, painter, and passionate advocate of mythic arts. She has won the World Fantasy Award seven times, as well as the Mythopoeic Award for her novel
. During the last two decades she's edited over twenty-five anthologies with Ellen Datlow, as well as several other anthologies, including one called
. Her paintings, which are based on folklore and feminist themes, have been exhibited at museums and galleries in the United States, England, and France.
Other books by Terri Windling
Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is the celebrated author of books, graphic novels, short stories, films, and television for readers of all ages. Some of his most notable titles include the highly lauded #1
bestseller
; the groundbreaking and award-winning Sandman comic series;
(the first book ever to win both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals);
, winner of many awards and recently adapted into the Emmy-nominated Starz TV series (the second season slated to air in 2019);
, which was the UK’s National Book Award 2013 Book of the Year.
, which he wrote with Terry Pratchett a very long time ago (but not quite as long ago as
) and for which Gaiman wrote the screenplay, will air on Amazon and the BBC in 2019.
Author photo by Beowulf Sheehan
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Tanith Lee
Tanith Lee (1947–2015) was born in the United Kingdom. Although she couldn’t read until she was eight, she began writing at nine and never stopped, producing more than ninety novels and three hundred short stories. She also wrote for the BBC television series
and various BBC radio plays. After winning the 1980 British Fantasy Award for her novel
, endless awards followed. She was named a World Horror Grand Master in 2009 and honored with the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2013. Lee was married to artist and writer John Kaiine.
Other books by Tanith Lee
Jane Yolen
<p><strong>Jane Yolen</strong> is a highly acclaimed author who has written hundreds of books for children and adults and has won numerous awards. She and her husband divide their time between Massachussetts and Scotland.</p>
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John Brunner
John Brunner started his career as a productive writer of Ace Double Science Fiction novels, sometimes writing both sides of the same double. He produced a wide variety of entertaining and well-conceived science fiction adventures before testing his ambitions with more and more complex and stylistically sophisticated novels. Among his triumphs are
(Hugo winner for Best Novel),
,
,
, and
. Although he wrote relatively little fantasy, he was widely acclaimed for a series of short stories collected as
. Brunner also wrote mysteries, thrillers, and several well-regarded historical novels.
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Nancy A. Collins
Nancy A. Collins has authored more than 20 novels and novellas and numerous short stories. She has also worked on several comic books, including a 2-year run on the Swamp Thing series. She is a recipient of the Bram Stoker Award and the British Fantasy Award, and has been nominated for the Eisner, John W. Campbell Memorial, and International Horror Guild Awards. Best known for her groundbreaking vampire series Sonja Blue, which heralded the rise of the popular urban fantasy genre, Collins is the author of the bestselling
, the Southern Gothic collection
, and the Vamps series for young adults. Her most recent novel is
, the second installment in the critically acclaimed Golgotham urban fantasy series. She currently resides in Norfolk, Virginia, with a Boston terrier.
Other books by Nancy A. Collins
Lisa Goldstein
Lisa Goldstein has published ten novels and dozens of short stories under her own name and two fantasy novels under the pseudonym Isabel Glass. Her most recent novel is
, which won the Mythopoeic Award. Goldstein received the National Book Award for
and the Sidewise Award for her short story “Paradise Is a Walled Garden.” Her work has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards. Some of her stories appear in the collection
.
Goldstein has worked as a proofreader, library aide, bookseller, and reviewer. She lives with her husband and their overexuberant Labrador retriever, Bonnie, in Oakland, California. Her website is www.brazenhussies.net/goldstein.
Other books by Lisa Goldstein
Michael Cadnum
Michael Cadnum is the author of 35 books for adults and young adults. His work—which includes thrillers, suspense novels, historical fiction, and books about myths and legends—has been nominated for the National Book Award (
), the Edgar Award (
and
), and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (
). A former National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellow, he is also the author of award-winning poetry.
(2012) is his most recent novel.
Michael Cadnum lives in Albany, California, with a view of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Other books by Michael Cadnum
Gahan Wilson
Gahan Wilson’s cartoons may be what he was most famous for, but he was a master of macabre writing as well. His cartoons, which appeared primarily in
and
were gathered in over twenty book collections through the years. He wrote and illustrated a number of children’s books, mystery novels, several anthologies, and a collection of his own short stories.
Wilson was honored with the Horror Writer’s Association’s Life Achievement Award in 1992 and the 2004 Life Achievement Award given by the World Fantasy Convention. He died in 2019.
Other books by Gahan Wilson
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