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In a diverse collection of stories and poems, Neil Gaiman shows readers how to use subtle words to pull the rug from underneath their audience’s feet in Smoke and Mirrors. Summary of the Book With this collection, Neil Gaiman blends poems and stories to bring the macabre to the readers. He imbues his stories with the horrific and the mysterious, the unspoken and the unseen. He takes well-known characters and adds his dark spin to their mythos, showing readers that there are stories in the world that lie hidden within other stories. With his uniquely straightforward writing style and vivid imagery, he paints a world that is at once marvelous and mystifying, scary and enthralling. This is a collection for all fans of the short story form, and for fans of Gaiman’s writing. Collector’s Note This collection includes: Reading the Entrails The Wedding Present Chivalry Nicholas Was… The Price Troll Bridge Don't Ask Jack The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories The White Road Queen of Knives Changes The Daughter of Owls Shoggoth's Old Peculiar Virus Looking for the Girl Only the End of the World Again Bay Wolf We Can Get Them For You Wholesale One Life, Furnished in Early Moorcock Cold Colors The Sweeper of Dreams Foreign Parts Vampire Sestina Mouse The Sea Change Desert Wind Tastings Babycakes Murder Mysteries Snow, Glass, Apples About Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman is an English writer. He is famous for his work on the Sandman series of graphic novels, Neverwhere, American Gods, Anansi Boys and Stardust. His work has won several awards, including the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards for Fantasy and Science Fiction.