Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and

Now available in paperback is the definitive collection of short stories that reveals one of the world's most gifted fantasy writers at the peak of his form.

Neil Gaiman is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of the novels American Gods, Stardust, and Neverwhere. He is also the author of the Sandman series of graphic novels and coauthor of the novel Good Omens with Terry Pratchett. Among the many awards he has won are the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award. Originally from England, Gaiman now lives in America. Visit him at www.neilgaiman.com.

Reading the Entrails: A Rondel

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An Introduction

1

(32)

Chivalry

33

(15)

Nicholas Was...

48

(1)

The Price

49

(8)

Troll Bridge

57

(12)

Don't Ask Jack

69

(3)

The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories

72

(36)

The White Road

108

(12)

Queen of Knives

120

(10)

Changes

130

(11)

The Daughter of Owls

141

(3)

Shoggoth's Old Peculiar

144

(12)

Virus

156

(3)

Looking for the Girl

159

(12)

Only the End of the World Again

171

(19)

Bay Wolf

190

(8)

We Can Get Them for You Wholesale

198

(11)

One Life, Furnished in Early Moorcock

209

(15)

Cold Colors

224

(12)

The Sweeper of Dreams

236

(2)

Foreign Parts

238

(17)

Vampire Sestina

255

(2)

Mouse

257

(10)

The Sea Change

267

(4)

When We Went to See the End of the World

271

(7)

Dawnie Morningside

Desert Wind

278

(3)

Tastings

281

(9)

Babycakes

290

(2)

Murder Mysteries

292

(33)

Snow, Glass, Apples

325

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Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions

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