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008			070926s2006 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a2006048135
020			_a9780060515225
082	0	0	_aFIC GAI
100	1		_aGaiman, Neil _d(, 1960-)
245	1	0	_aFragile things _b: short fictions and wonders _c/ Neil Gaiman
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew York _b: William Morrow _c, c2006.
300			_axxxi, 360 p. _c; 24 cm.
505	0	0	_aIntroduction -- A study in emerald --The fairy reel --October in the chair --The hidden chamber --Forbidden brides of the faceless slaves in the secret house of the night of dread desire --The flints of memory lane --Closing time --Going wodwo -- Bitter grounds -- Other people --Keepsakes and treasures --Good boys deserve favors --The facts in the case of the departure of Miss Finch --Strange little girls --Harlequin valentine -- Locks --The problem of Susan --Instructions -- How do you think it feels?--My life --Fifteen painted cards from a vampire tarot --Feeders and eaters--Diseasemaker's group--In the end --Goliath --Pages from a journal found in a shoebox left in a Greyhound bus somewhere between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Louisville, Kentucky -- How to talk to girls at parties --The day the saucers came --Sunbird --Inventing Aladdin --The monarch of the glen.
520			_aThis third collection of "short fictions and wonder" (after Smoke and Mirrors and Adventures in the Dream Trade) from the author of Anansi Boys ranges from a tale of zombies to a series of meditations inspired by singer Tori Amos's album, Strange Little Girls. As in his other books, there are fantastical elements. Gaiman follows no overarching theme, but that is what makes these stories charming, at times creepy, and good fun. They read like dreams and meditations, with a stream-of-consciousness quality to their presentation. Gaiman also explains some of the inspiration behind the stories to help put them in perspective.
655		7	_aFantasy fiction
655		7	_aHorror fiction
942			_cMO
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