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• 1 • Introduction (Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears) • essay by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
• 8 • Ruby Slippers • (1995) • short story by Susan Wade
• 15 • The Beast • (1995) • short story by Tanith Lee
• 33 • Masterpiece • (1995) • short story by Garry Kilworth
• 54 • Summer Wind • short story by Nancy Kress
• 68 • This Century of Sleep or, Briar Rose Beneath the Sea • (1995) • poem by Farida S. T. Shapiro
• 72 • The Crossing • (1995) • novelette by Joyce Carol Oates
• 97 • Roach in Loafers • (1995) • short story by Roberta Lannes
• 116 • Naked Little Men • (1995) • short story by Michael Cadnum
• 124 • Brother Bear • (1995) • short story by Lisa Goldstein
• 134 • The Emperor Who Had Never Seen a Dragon • short story by John Brunner
• 154 • Billy Fearless • (1995) • novelette by Nancy A. Collins
• 178 • The Death of Koshchei the Deathless (a tale of old Russia) • (1995) • short story by Gene Wolfe
• 198 • The Real Princess • (1995) • short story by Susan Palwick
• 219 • The Huntsman's Story • (1995) • short story by Milbre Burch
• 222 • After Push Comes to Shove • (1995) • poem by Milbre Burch
• 225 • Hansel and Grettel • (1995) • short story by Gahan Wilson
• 247 • Match Girl • (1995) • novelette by Anne Bishop
• 272 • Waking the Prince • (1995) • short story by Kathe Koja
• 285 • The Fox Wife • (1995) • novella by Ellen Steiber
• 359 • The White Road • (1995) • poem by Neil Gaiman
• 372 • The Traveler and the Tale • (1995) • short story by Jane Yolen
• 379 • The Printer's Daughter • (1995) • novelette by Delia Sherman
• 409 • Recommended Reading (Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears) • essay by uncredited