Ellen Datlow and I have just completed our latest "fairy tale fiction" anthology, The Cinderella Game -- which is a sequel to our previous books A Wolf at the Door and Swan Sister (although we've jumped publishers for this one from Simon & Schuster to Viking Children's Books).
The Cinderella Game won't be out until next year (the wheels of NY publishing houses grind slowly indeed), so I know it's a bit of a tease to be talking about the book so early. But I want to share the book's Table of Contents with you because we're just so pleased with the wonderful stories and poems our contributors have created:
- Wizard’s Apprentice by Delia Sherman
- An Unwelcome Guest by Garth Nix (Rapunzel)
- Faery Tales by Wendy Froud
- Rags and Riches by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (The Goose Girl)
- Up the Down Beanstalk: A Wife Remembers by Peter S. Beagle
- The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces by Ellen Kushner (Twelve Dancing Princesses)
- Puss in Boots, the Sequel by Joseph Stanton
- The Boy Who Cried Wolf by Holly Black
- Troll by Jane Yolen (The Three Billy Goats Gruff)
- Castle Othello by Nancy Farmer (Bluebeard)
- Skin by Michael Cadmun (Rumplestiltskin)
- A Delicate Architecture by Catherynne M. Valente (Hansel & Gretel)
- Molly by Midori Snyder (Molly Whuppie)
- Observing the Formalities by Neil Gaiman (Sleeping Beauty)
- The Cinderella Game by Kelly Link
Meanwhile, the previous two volumes have been re-published in a single omnibus edition specially for Barnes & Noble stores. Titled The Dark of the Woods, the book features cover art by Charles Vess.
wthis is excellent news! and a mouth-watering table of contents; thanks for sharing it. ^_^
Posted by: kayselkiemoon | May 14, 2007 at 07:28 AM
Oh my oh my! *fanning self feverishly*
I'm putting this on my list. Right. Now.
Posted by: Grey Walker | May 14, 2007 at 09:14 AM
Oh wow! This is great! I can't wait for it. You gals are the best.
Posted by: Chris | May 14, 2007 at 12:25 PM
Fantastic! Will look forward to this one!
Posted by: Quixotic | May 15, 2007 at 12:54 AM
Oh, that's wonderful! The stories look delicious. I look forward to seeing it in stores!
Posted by: Amal | May 15, 2007 at 01:25 AM
Holy cats, this sounds terrific! Somebody grease those wheels, quick!
Posted by: Geoffrey Long | May 15, 2007 at 06:22 AM
Squee!
Sounds like the kind of fantasy short fiction wishlist I'd make in my (day)dreams. New fiction from Peter Beagle AND Ellen Kushner? Can't wait for it to come out and hit our shores!
Posted by: Nin Harris | May 19, 2007 at 12:01 AM
Yeesh! About time you lazy thing! It has been days since your last anthology, hours since you posted an insightfully and exhaustively researched essay, probably weeks since the last epic story/poem/review...
It's good to have you back
we were really getting worried.
LOL,-J
Posted by: james graham | May 19, 2007 at 12:27 AM