Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

Anything is conceivable when magic is in the skilled hands of Neil Gaiman. The mundane world is transformed into a place of terrible wonders in Gaiman's first collection of short stories. Here, an old woman can buy the Holy Grail at a thrift store, assassins advertise their services in the Yellow Pages under the heading "Pest Control," and a scared young boy must barter for his life with a mean-spirited troll that lives beneath a bridge by the railroad tracks. Explore a different world in this remarkable collection of short pieces by a great prestidigitator that is vividly tactile while being shrouded by smoke and darkness. It is going to astonish your senses, move your emotions, and trouble your dreams.