Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears

First edition
Author	Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Cover artist	Matt Stawicki
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy and horror
Publisher	William Morrow & Company
Publication date	December 1995
Published in English	December 1995
Media type	Print
Pages	416 (Hardback)
ISBN	0-688-14363-6
OCLC	32590487
Dewey Decimal	813/.0876608 20
LC Class	PS648.F3 R83 1995
Preceded by	Black Thorn, White Rose
Followed by	Black Swan, White Raven

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.^[2]
• "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