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Selections from Fragile Things, Volume 1


<p>The marvelous creations found in <em>Fragile Things</em> showcase the unparalleled invention and storytelling brilliance—as well as the terrifyingly dark and entertaining sense of humor—of the incomparable Neil Gaiman. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, <em>Fragile Things</em> is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most original writers of our time.</p> <p>In <em>Selections from Fragile Things, Volume 1</em> you will find the following stories and poems, sure to thrill and amaze.</p> <p>Introduction<br> Arguably the only thing more intriguing than a Neil Gaiman story is a look into his mind as he creates one. In his introduction to <em>Fragile Things</em>, Gaiman gives us a glimpse of the creative cogs turning behind each story in his collection with notes on his inspirations and intent. Also found in the introduction is <em>The Mapmaker</em>, a fable about a map-hungry emperor, omitted from Gaiman’s bestseller American Gods.</p> <p><em>A Study in Emerald</em><br> Prince Franz Drago of Bohemia has been murdered, his green blood splashed across the wallpaper of a seedy London apartment. Our narrator’s distinguished and mysterious friend is on the case from his headquarters on Baker Street. Though his friend is a master of deduction and disguise, this is not Sherlock Holmes’ Baker Street, or really an earthly Baker Street at all.</p> <p><em>The Fairy Reel</em><br> At Gaiman’s suggestion, read this poem aloud, but be careful not to let the Fairy Reel tug a piece of your soul away in the process.</p> <p><em>October in the Chair</em><br> Buoyed by an inflated ego and pencil-thin moustache, September takes the stage at a meeting of the months, only to be asked to step down by a rotund August who claims his story is a repeat. A bearded October, chair of the meeting, salvages the meeting with a story about a runaway, a ghost, and an abandoned farmhouse “darker than anything.”</p>

Author(s): Neil Gaiman  

ISBN 10: 0061848697
ISBN 13: 9780061848698
Pages: 100
Publication: 2/3/2009
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