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Global phenomenon and Sunday Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction, following Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things, which includes a never-before-published American Gods story, "Black Dog".

In this new volume, Neil Gaiman pierces the veil of reality to reveal the enigmatic, shadowy world that lies beneath. Trigger Warning includes previously published pieces of short fiction--stories, verse, and a very special Doctor Who story that was written for the fiftieth anniversary of the beloved series in 2013--as well as "Black Dog", a new tale that revisits the world of American Gods.

Trigger Warning is a rich cornucopia of horror and ghosts stories, science fiction and fairy tales, fabulism and poetry that explores the realm of experience and emotion.

In "Adventure Story"--a thematic companion to The Ocean at the End of the Lane--Gaiman ponders death and the way people take their stories with them when they die. His social media experience, "A Calendar of Tales", is short takes inspired by replies to fan tweets about the months-of-the-year-stories of pirates and the March winds, an igloo made of books, and a Mother's Day card that portends disturbances in the universe. Gaiman offers his own ingenious spin on Sherlock Holmes in his award-nominated mystery tale "The Case of Death and Honey". And "Click-Clack the Rattlebag" explains the creaks and clatter we hear when we're all alone in the darkness.

A writer whose creative genius is unparalleled, Gaiman entrances with his literary alchemy, transporting us deep into the realm of imagination, where the fantastical becomes real and the everyday incandescent. Trigger Warning engages the mind, stirs the heart, and shakes the soul. Neil Gaiman is one of the most original and popular literary artists of our day.

©2015 Neil Gaiman (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers
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Immensely enjoyable stories and Gaiman is a surprisingly good narrator. Especially good to have another story of Shadow to round off the collection.

A must for Gaiman fans

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some of the longer stories are great, and could be books in their own right. A number of the shorter stories are too short to get into and feel bitty.

some stories too short

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If you could sum up Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances in three words, what would they be?

Magical, Trippy, and oh so syrupy.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances?

The story of the dwarf in scotland is pretty amazing.

Would you be willing to try another one of Neil Gaiman’s performances?

Well yes and no, yes he's a great writer so I might do it anyway, and no I hate his narration.
I feel as if I were someone he were trying to gently and nauseatingly woo, which is not exactly the vibe I'm after in an audiobook.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Moving from wonder to exasperation.

Love his writing, not sure about his reading!

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this is a short story antaloghy. The short stories are mostly of the rather short -medium length. some are great. All are rather enigmatic, and a few are so strange it is a little embarasseing. Being strange just to be strange and puzzling are not a good goal as an author. while being odd by any means, just to be clever, is just odd. There are a few gems here, and If you are a hardcore fan of N. G. Then read it. if not, try some of his earlier work first. maybe "Bad Omens" or "Norse mythology".

Neil has done better than this before+Will again

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enjoyable short stories and reasonably read but I'd prefer a change of voice sometimes! would recommend

fun stories from a quality author

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