In this triumphant new collection of original fiction, twenty-one of today's leading writers spin the cherished fables of childhood into glittering gold--offering magical tales for adults, as seductive as they are sophisticated.

- A jealous prince plots the destruction of his hated brother's wedding by inventing a "magic" suit of clothing visible only to the pure at heart...
- A young girl's strange fairy tale obsession results in a brutal murder...
- An embittered mother cares for her dying son who is trapped in a thicket that guards a sleeping beauty...
- In a bleak and desolate industrial wasteland, a group of violent outcasts lays the tattered myths of one Millenium to rest, and gives terrifying birth to those of the next.

Erotic, compelling, witty, and altogether extraordinary, these stories lay bare our innermost demons and desires--imaginatively transforming our youthful fantasies into things darker, slyer, and more delightfully subversive.

Edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

Contents:
• Kiss Kiss by Tanith Lee
• Carabosse by Delia Sherma
• The Price by Patricia Briggs
• Glass Coffin by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• The Vanishing Virgin by Harvey Jacobs
• Clad in Gossamer by Nancy Kress
• Precious by Nalo Hopkinson
• The Sea Hag by Melissa Lee Shaw
• The Frog Chauffeur by Garry Kilworth
• The Dybbuk in the Bottle by Russell William Asplund
• The Shell Box by Karawynn Long
• Ivory Bones by Susan Wade
• The Wild Heart by Anne Bishop
• You Wandered Off Like a Foolish Child to Break Your Heart and Mine by Pat York
• Arabian Phoenix by India Edghill
• Toad-Rich by Michael Cadnum
• Skin So Green and Fine by Wendy Wheeler
• The Willful Child, the Black Dog, and the Beanstalk by Melanie Tem
• Locks by Neil Gaiman
• Marsh-Magic by Robin McKinley
• Toad by Patricia A. McKillip