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The Armless Maiden is more than an extraordinary collection of original fiction and essays by many of fantasy's finest writers. A groundbreaking work in the tradition of Joseph Campbell, Bruno Bettelheim and Robert Bly, this book explores the darker side of childhood--loss, betrayal, oppression, and abuse.

Contents:

• Introduction (The Armless Maiden) - essay by Terri Windling
• The Armless Maiden - shortstory by Midori Snyder
• The Hero's Journey - essay by Midori Snyder
• Bedtime Story - poem by Lisel Mueller
• Allerleirauh - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• Snow White to the Prince - poem by Delia Sherman
• She Sleeps in a Tower - shortstory by Tanith Lee
• Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) - (1971) - poem by Anne Sexton
• In the House of My Enemy - (1993) - novelette by Charles de Lint
• Fear of Falling - poem by Susan Palwick
• Princess in Puce - shortstory by Annita Harlan
• The Stepsister's Story - poem by Emma Bull
• The Session - shortstory by Steven Gould
• The Mirror Speaks - poem by Jane Yolen
• The Juniper Tree - [Blue Rose] - (1988) - novelette by Peter Straub
• Dolls - poem by Guy Summertree Veryzer
• This Is Us, Excellent - (1989) - shortstory by Mark Richards
• Saturn - (1987) - poem by Sharon Olds
• The Twelve-Windowed Tower - shortstory by Silvana Siddali
• Now I Lay Me - (1987) - poem by Sharon Olds
• Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep - shortstory by Ellen Kushner
• Reading the Brothers Grimm to Jenny - (1976) - poem by Lisel Mueller
• Knives - shortstory by Munro Sickafoose
• Scars - poem by Munro Sickafoose
• The Pangs of Love - (1990) - shortstory by Jane Gardam
• Brother and Sister - poem by Terri Windling
• The Face in the Cloth - (1985) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• Their Father - (1990) - poem by Gwen Strauss
• The Chrysanthemum Robe - shortstory by Kara Dalkey
• Watching the Bobolinks - essay by Caroline Stevermer
• The Boy Who Needed Heroes - shortstory by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Wolves - essay by Sonia Keizc
• Wolf's Heart - shortstory by Tappan King [as by Tappan Wright King ]
• The Story I Hadn't Planned to Write - essay by Tappan King [as by Tappan Wright King]
• Gretel in Darkness - (1969) - poem by Louise Gluck
• The Lily and the Weaver's Heart - shortstory by Nancy Etchemendy
• Silvershod - poem by Ellen Steiber
• The Lion and the Lark - shortstory by Patricia A. McKillip
• The Iron Shoes - (1986) - poem by Johnny Clewell
• The Green Children - shortstory by Terri Windling
• Guardian Neighbor - (1991) - essay by Lynda Barry
• The Little Dirty Girl - (1982) - novelette by Joanna Russ
• Donkeyskin - poem by Terri Windling
• In the Night Country - novella by Ellen Steiber
• A Matter of Seeing - essay by Ellen Steiber
• Dream Catcher - shortstory by Will Shetterly
• About the Contributors to This Book - essay by uncredited
• A Short List of Recommended Reading - essay by uncredited

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