Anthology
Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears
1995·420 pages
A dark adult anthology of original fairy-tale retellings—disturbing, magical, and grown-up takes on classic stories.
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A dark adult anthology of original fairy-tale retellings—disturbing, magical, and grown-up takes on classic stories.
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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. Dark, disturbing and 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, "Snow White, Blood Red" and "Black Thorn, White Rose."
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Sexual content including assault and bestiality themes in multiple stories
Violence & gore
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Body horror, torture, and graphic violence across several dark retellings
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Brief discussion of pre-Christian fairy-tale origins in the introduction
Magic & witchcraft
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Witches, spells, and fairy-tale magic central throughout the anthology
Occult / demonology
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No real-world occult content depicted
Political content
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Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Graphic sexual assault, child abuse, bestiality, and cruelty in multiple stories
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