Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears 1995
By Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling, Anne Bishop, John Brunner, Milbre Burch, Carolyn Cook
- Fantasy fiction, Fairy tales, adaptations, American Fantasy fiction, Fairy tales
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.
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Classical in form, grave, open-ended and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
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About the book
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 240
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Co., Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio, Prime Books
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780809571505
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“WELCOME TO VOLUME THREE IN OUR SERIES OF fairy tales for adults (following Snow White, Blood Red and Black Thorn, White Rose).”
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