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Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a super cool dude for someone who writes pretty disturbing stories. These are all bound to scare you or shock you or maybe just entertain you and it's worth it because they're all strange in that beautifully enticing way. One of my favorite parts was actually reading the introduction and finding out how the stories ended up being written. They all seem so original, but in fact he took a lot of inspiration from other writers. That seems impossible because the stories all seem so incredibly unique and individual, full of imagery, both pleasant and gross, and prose. Some stories were better than others of course. Personally I liked Murder Mysteries (I'm a sucker for detectives), We Can Get Them For You Wholesale, and Bay Wolf (because what?). There's a couple that seriously weirded me out, maybe too much, but that's just because I'm a wimp. Overall, the variety of topics is crazy and it's just a great collection.