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2022 fantasy anthology. What happens to the other girl whom the glass slipper fits? How do you cope when your baby manifests his dreams?

The only one of these works I've read before is the original "Good Neighbors", later published with its sequels as the first thing I read by Burgis. Other material is set in a fantasyland like that story, in fairy tales (there are two separate revisions of Cinderella here), or in a magically-tinged real world somewhen in the nineteenth century or even the modern day.

What they have in common though is a fine economy of material: these are short stories, not novels manqué, and nothing is introduced that won't be used. Some of them are enjoyably fluffy, some are dark and emotionally solid, many are romantic, but they all have genuinely interesting characters (many of whom are female), and satisfying resolutions.

I'd recommend this as an introduction to Burgis's range, as well as a set of excellent stories in their own right.