Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (P.S.)

<p><P>A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night. . . . <P>In a Hugo Award&#150;winning story, a great detective must solve a most unsettling royal murder in a strangely altered Victorian England. . . . <P>Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams&#151;and nightmares. . . . <P>These marvelous creations and more showcase the unparalleled invention and storytelling brilliance&#151;as well as the terrifyingly dark and entertaining sense of humor&#151;of the incomparable Neil Gaiman. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, <i>Fragile Things</i> is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most original writers of our time.</p><h3>The New York Times - Dave Itzkoff</h3><p>&#8230; as he recounts the origins of each work in the book, it becomes clear that just about everything Gaiman comes into contact with inspires him to write: the invitation of a friend or editor will usually do the trick, but so will a Tori Amos album, a Frank Frazetta painting, the screenplay for "The Matrix" or a photograph of a sock monkey. He is as comfortable performing the act of conjuring in a New York hotel room between recording sessions for an audiobook as he is in a waiting room at a dodgy train station in the south of London.</p>