Fragile Things: Short Fictions and WondersA mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night . . . Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams—and nightmares . . . In a Hugo Award–winning story, a great detective must solve a most unsettling royal murder in a strangely altered Victorian England . . . These marvelous creations and more showcase the unparalleled invention and storytelling brilliance—and the terrifyingly dark and entertaining wit—of the incomparable Neil Gaiman. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, Fragile Things is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most original writers of our time. |
Contents
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The Hidden Chamber | 44 |
The Flints of Memory Lane | 63 |
the Departure of Miss Finch | 132 |
The Problem of Susan | 172 |
How Do You Think It Feels? | 185 |
Fifteen Painted Cards from a Vampire Tarot | 197 |
Diseasemakers Croup | 216 |
Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox Left in | 234 |
Inventing Aladdin | 281 |
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