Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

by Neil Gaiman

'Breathtakingly good' Observer

'One of the best twist-writers at work today' Guardian

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We are all wearing masks. That's what makes us interesting. These are stories about those masks, and the people we are underneath them.

Secure your own mask before reading. Before being transported to worlds filled with witches, watchers and big black bees, with deathless Kin and pirate girls, with things that prowl in the darkness beyond the circle fire, to find the Shadder lurking at your journey's end. But then what happens? There's always something waiting for you. There's always more. Just keep turning the pages.

This cornucopia of storytelling will open your eyes to the darkness around you, the magic and the monsters, the myths and the miracles, and the truths we find in the most extraordinary of places.

'He masters fear like no other writer' Independent on Sunday

NEIL GAIMAN.
WITH STORIES COME POSSIBILITIES.

• ISBN10: 1472217721
• ISBN13: 9781472217721
• Publish Date: 27 October 2015 (first published 1 February 2015)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 25 February 2024
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
• Imprint: Headline Book Publishing
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[leahrosereads]

I finally finished this short story collection! When I started it back in 2015, the short story "Orange" had me putting the book down and never going back to it.

3 years later, I tried again (starting from the beginning and skipping "Orange" when I got to it), and I'm so freaking glad I was able to complete it. Most of these stories are fantastic, and I can see why Neil Gaiman has been labeled as a master short story teller. He can weave such wonderful stories in so few pages, it's genuinely incredible.

I don't think I can pick a favorite, because I loved so many, but I do have a least favorite, and it's the reason I had to drop this by a star.

I mean, I DNF'd this book for three years because of it.

[adastra]

Another wonderful collection of short stories out of Neil Gaiman's feather - especially exciting are the new stories about Shadow from American Gods, Doctor Who (alas, my least favorite Doctor, but still) and even Sherlock Holmes. But I don't want to indicate that those are the only good stories. Some of the original ones are also quite mind-boggling/charming/wonderful/fantastic. Just what you'd expect from Neil Gaiman.

However, ironically my attention span doesn't agree with short stories so much. Some of the stories just didn't catch my attention, so I ended up just skipping ahead to the next story. I much prefer Neil Gaiman's full-length novels, and I hope there are many to come in the future.