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.

"Ruby Slippers" copyright 1995 by Susan Wade; "The Beast" copyright 1995 by Tanith Lee; "Masterpiece" copyright 1995 by Garry Kilworth; "Summer Wind" copyright 1995 by Nancy Kress; "This Century of Sleep or, Briar Rose Beneath the Sea" copyright 1995 by Farida S.T. Shapiro; "The Crossing" copyright 1995 by The Ontario Review, Inc.; "Roach in Loafers" copyright 1995 by Roberta Lannes; "Naked Little Men" copyright 1995 by Michael Cadnum; "Brother Bear" copyright 1995 by Lisa Goldstein; "The Emperor Who Had Never Seen a Dragon" copyright 1995 by John Brunner; "Billy Fearless" copyright 1995 by Nancy A. Collins; "The Death of Koshchei the Deathless" copyright 1995 by Gene Wolfe; "The Real Princess" copyright 1995 by Susan Palwick; "The Huntsman's Story" copyright 1995 by Milbre Burch; "After Push Comes to Shove" copyright 1995 by Milbre Burch; "Hansel and Grettel" copyright 1995 by Gahan Wilson; "Match Girl" copyright 1995 by Anne Bishop; "Waking the Prince" copyright 1995 by Kathe Koja; "The Fox Wife" copyright 1995 by Ellen Steiber; "The White Road" copyright 1995 by Neil Gaiman; "The Traveler and the Tale" copyright 1995 by Jane Yolen; "The Printer's Daughter" copyright 1995 by Delia Sherman.