“I, Cthulhu” © by Neil Gaiman
Nicholas Was . . . © 1989 by Neil Gaiman
Babycakes © 1990 by Neil Gaiman
Chivalry © 1992 by Neil Gaiman
Murder Mysteries © 1992 by Neil Gaiman
Troll Bridge © 1993 by Neil Gaiman
Snow, Glass, Apples © 1994 by Neil Gaiman
Only the End of the World Again © 1994 by Neil Gaiman
Don’t Ask Jack © 1995 by Neil Gaiman
Excerpt from Neverwhere © 1996 by Neil Gaiman
The Daughter of Owls © 1996 by Neil Gaiman
The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories © 1996 by Neil Gaiman
The Price © 1997 by Neil Gaiman
Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar © 1998 by Neil Gaiman
The Wedding Present © 1998 by Neil Gaiman
When We Went to See the End of the World by Dawnie Morningside, Age 11¼ © 1998 by Neil Gaiman
The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch © 1998 by Neil Gaiman
Changes © 1998 by Neil Gaiman
Excerpt from Stardust © 1998 by Neil Gaiman
Harlequin Valentine © 1999 by Neil Gaiman
Excerpt from American Gods © 2001 by Neil Gaiman
Other People © 2001 by Neil Gaiman
Strange Little Girls © 2001 by Neil Gaiman
October in the Chair © 2002 by Neil Gaiman
Closing Time © 2002 by Neil Gaiman
A Study in Emerald © 2003 by Neil Gaiman
Bitter Grounds © 2003 by Neil Gaiman
The Problem of Susan © 2004 by Neil Gaiman
Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire © 2004 by Neil Gaiman
The Monarch of the Glen © 2004 by Neil Gaiman
The Return of the Thin White Duke © 2004 by Neil Gaiman
Excerpt from Anansi Boys © 2005 by Neil Gaiman
Sunbird © 2005 by Neil Gaiman
How to Talk to Girls at Parties © 2006 by Neil Gaiman
Feminine Endings © 2007 by Neil Gaiman
Orange © 2008 by Neil Gaiman
Mythical Creatures—Dragons, Unicorns, Giants, Pixies, Mermaids, Fairies © 2009 by Neil Gaiman; from presentation pack of six stamps with accompanying stories issued by the Royal Mint
“The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains . . .” © 2010 by Neil Gaiman
The Thing About Cassandra © 2010 by Neil Gaiman
The Case of Death and Honey © 2011 Neil Gaiman
The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury © 2012 by Neil Gaiman
Excerpt from The Ocean at the End of the Lane © 2013 by Neil Gaiman
Click-Clack the Rattlebag © 2013 by Neil Gaiman
The Sleeper and the Spindle © 2013 by Neil Gaiman
A Calendar of Tales © 2013 by Neil Gaiman
Nothing O’Clock © 2013 by Neil Gaiman
A Lunar Labyrinth © 2013 by Neil Gaiman
Down to a Sunless Sea © 2013 by Neil Gaiman
How the Marquis Got His Coat Back © 2014 by Neil Gaiman
Black Dog © 2015 by Neil Gaiman
Monkey and the Lady © 2018 by Neil Gaiman; from The Weight of Words, Dave McKean/Subterranean Press, 2018
About the Author
NEIL GAIMAN is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of morethan twenty books, including Norse Mythology, Neverwhere, and The Graveyard Book. Among his numerousliterary awards are the Newbery and Carnegie medals, and the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisnerawards. He is a Professor in the Arts at Bard College.
Also by Neil Gaiman
Novels
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Graveyard Book
Anansi Boys
Coraline
American Gods
Stardust
Neverwhere
Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett)
Collections
Trigger Warning
Fragile Things
Smoke and Mirrors
Illustrated Stories
The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains (illustrated by Eddie Campbell)
The Sleeper and the Spindle (illustrated by Chris Riddell)
For Younger Readers
Fortunately, the Milk (illustrated by Skottie Young)
Hansel and Gretel (illustrated by Lorenzo Mattotti)
Instructions (illustrated by Charles Vess)
Odd and the Frost Giants (illustrated by Brett Helquist)
Crazy Hair (illustrated by Dave McKean)
Blueberry Girl (illustrated by Charles Vess)
The Dangerous Alphabet (illustrated by Gris Grimly)
M Is for Magic (illustrated by Teddy Kristiansen)
Nonfiction
Art Matters (illustrated by Chris Riddell)
Make Good Art
The View from the Cheap Seats
Copyright
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This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used fictitiously. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.
THE NEIL GAIMAN READER. Copyright © 2020 by Neil Gaiman. Foreword copyright © 2020 by Marlon James. Preface copyright © 2020 by Neil Gaiman. All rights reservedunder International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book onscreen.No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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