Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman

A new book by Neil Gaiman is always welcome but a short fiction collection is perhaps especially so, because it lets us experience a wide range of his work. Certainly, Gaiman’s remarkable talents are showcased to brilliant effect in Fragile Things. There are twenty-seven (or should that be twenty-eight?) pieces of fiction in the volume; let’s examine some of them.

Continue reading at Laura Hird's New Review.

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Neil Gaiman
Hodder Headline

Dusk by Tim Lebbon

A man wearing a red robe enters the village of Trengborne and proceeds to slaughter everyone there -- all except two people, that is: Rafe Baburn, the young boy he's looking for; and Kosar, a former thief who hid when he saw the man approaching the village. Leaving Trengborne, Rafe falls in with the witch Hope and Kosar with his ex-lover, a warrior named A'Meer from the mysterious Shantasi people. The truth about the red-robed man becomes clear...

Read more at SF Site.

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Tim Lebbon
The world of Noreela
Bantam Spectra