The astonishing and impressive first collection of short stories from New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman
An elderly widow finds the Holy Grail beneath an old fur coat in a second-hand store . . .
A stray cat fights and refights a nightly battle to protect his adoptive family from an unimagiable evil . . .
A young couple receives a wedding gift that will reveal a chilling alternate history of their marriage . . .
Beneath a bridge by the railroad tracks, a frightened little boy bargains for his life with a most persistent troll . . .
Such miraculous inventions and more await within Neil Gaiman's first collection of short fiction, a gift of wonder and delight from one of the most unique literary artists of our day. In his capable hands, magic is no mere illusion, but a powerful means to reveal the nature of our humanity obscured in the smoke of our fears and anxieties . . . and reflected in the funhouse mirrors of our dreams.
--Dallas Morning NewsBinding Type: Paperback
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 01/29/2008
ISBN: 9780061450167
Pages: 339
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.28w x 0.88d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 51785 / Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
Reading Level: 5.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 15
The astonishing and impressive first collection of short stories from New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman
An elderly widow finds the Holy Grail beneath an old fur coat in a second-hand store . . .
A stray cat fights and refights a nightly battle to protect his adoptive family from an unimagiable evil . . .
A young couple receives a wedding gift that will reveal a chilling alternate history of their marriage . . .
Beneath a bridge by the railroad tracks, a frightened little boy bargains for his life with a most persistent troll . . .
Such miraculous inventions and more await within Neil Gaiman's first collection of short fiction, a gift of wonder and delight from one of the most unique literary artists of our day. In his capable hands, magic is no mere illusion, but a powerful means to reveal the nature of our humanity obscured in the smoke of our fears and anxieties . . . and reflected in the funhouse mirrors of our dreams.
--Dallas Morning NewsBinding Type: Paperback
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 01/29/2008
ISBN: 9780061450167
Pages: 339
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.28w x 0.88d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 51785 / Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
Reading Level: 5.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 15