The Reason for Not Going to the Ball (A Letter to Cinderella from Her Stepmother)
| First published | October 1996 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
Notes
According to a letter by Gordon Van Gelder in Locus #440 (September 1997), one manuscript page was dropped from the text of this story when it was reprinted in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Tenth Annual Collection, between the third and fourth paragraphs on page 47.
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award | Gender-bending SF | Nominee/Finalist |
Publications (5)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1996 | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1996 | Mercury Press, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 83 |
| July 1997 | The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Tenth Annual Collection | St. Martin's Press | Anthology | 45 |
| July 1997 | The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Tenth Annual Collection | St. Martin's Griffin | Anthology | 45 |
| April 2017 | Redder Than Blood | DAW Books | Collection | |7 |
| April 2017 | Redder Than Blood | DAW Books | Collection | |7 |