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• 13 • Introduction (The Armless Maiden) • essay by Terri Windling
• 17 • The Armless Maiden • short story by Midori Snyder
• 31 • The Hero's Journey • essay by Midori Snyder
• 35 • Bedtime Story • poem by Lisel Mueller
• 36 • Allerleirauh • short story by Jane Yolen
• 40 • Snow White to the Prince • poem by Delia Sherman
• 42 • She Sleeps in a Tower • short story by Tanith Lee
• 46 • Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) • (1971) • poem by Anne Sexton
• 50 • In the House of My Enemy • [Newford] • (1993) • novelette by Charles de Lint
• 70 • Fear of Falling • poem by Susan Palwick
• 71 • Princess in Puce • short story by Annita Harlan
• 85 • The Stepsister's Story • poem by Emma Bull
• 87 • The Session • short story by Steven Gould
• 94 • The Mirror Speaks • poem by Jane Yolen
• 96 • The Juniper Tree • [Blue Rose (Peter Straub)] • (1988) • novelette by Peter Straub
• 120 • Dolls • poem by Guy Summertree Veryzer
• 124 • This Is Us, Excellent • (1989) • short story by Mark Richards
• 132 • Saturn • (1987) • poem by Sharon Olds
• 133 • The Twelve-Windowed Tower • short story by Silvana Siddali
• 143 • Now I Lay Me • (1987) • poem by Sharon Olds
• 145 • Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep • short story by Ellen Kushner
• 153 • Reading the Brothers Grimm to Jenny • (1976) • poem by Lisel Mueller
• 155 • Knives • short story by Munro Sickafoose
• 172 • Scars • poem by Munro Sickafoose
• 173 • The Pangs of Love • (1990) • short story by Jane Gardam
• 182 • Brother and Sister • poem by Terri Windling
• 183 • The Face in the Cloth • (1985) • short story by Jane Yolen
• 192 • Their Father • (1990) • poem by Gwen Strauss
• 194 • The Chrysanthemum Robe • short story by Kara Dalkey
• 204 • Watching the Bobolinks • essay by Caroline Stevermer
• 206 • The Boy Who Needed Heroes • short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• 214 • Wolves • essay by Sonia Keizc
• 218 • Wolf's Heart • short story by Tappan King
• 225 • The Story I Hadn't Planned to Write • essay by Tappan King
• 227 • Gretel in Darkness • (1969) • poem by
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• 228 • The Lily and the Weaver's Heart • short story by Nancy Etchemendy
• 245 • Silvershod • poem by Ellen Steiber
• 252 • The Lion and the Lark • short story by Patricia A. McKillip
• 268 • The Iron Shoes • (1986) • poem by Johnny Clewell
• 269 • The Green Children • short story by Terri Windling
• 275 • Guardian Neighbor • (1991) • essay by Lynda Barry
• 279 • The Little Dirty Girl • (1982) • novelette by Joanna Russ
• 295 • Donkeyskin • poem by Terri Windling
• 300 • In the Night Country • novella by Ellen Steiber
• 346 • A Matter of Seeing • essay by Ellen Steiber
• 374 • Dream Catcher • short story by Will Shetterly
• 377 • About the Contributors to This Book • essay by uncredited
• 381 • A Short List of Recommended Reading • essay by uncredited