Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
Gaiman, Neil
A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night, taking one of the spectators along with it . . . In a novella set two years after the events of American Gods, Shadow pays a visit to an ancient Scottish mansion, and finds himself trapped in a game of murder and monsters . . . In a Hugo Award-winning short story set in a strangely altered Victorian England, the great detective Sherlock Holmes must solve a most unsettling royal murder . . . Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams—and nightmares . . . In a Locus Award-winning tale, the members of an exclusive epicurean club lament that they've eaten everything that can be eaten, with the exception of a legendary, rare, and exceedingly dangerous Egyptian bird . . . Such marvelous creations and more—including a short story set in the world of The Matrix, and others set in the worlds of gothic fiction and children's...
The Washington Post - Graham Joyce
[Gaiman's] new collection, Fragile Things, is a delightful compendium rather than a straightforward story collection, but it's a fine sample of the author's versatility. Gaiman writes in different registers: comedy, satire, pastiche, deadpan, lyrical or whimsical, but almost invariably dark. It all depends on whichever sooty, fantastic spirit drops down the chimney of his Minneapolis writing room on any given day.
Name in long format: | Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders |
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ISBN-10: | 0062003674 |
ISBN-13: | 9780062003676 |
Book language: | en |
Edition: | Unabridged |
Binding: | Audio CD |
Publisher: | HarperAudio |
Dimensions: | Height: 5.8 Inches, Length: 1.5 Inches, Weight: 0.65 Pounds, Width: 5.3 Inches |