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Feb

Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman

Posted by Rusty  Published in 1990's, Free, Neil Gaiman, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, by Famous Authors

This is a guest post by Raz Greenberg.

“Snow, Glass, Apples” is a 1994 short fantasy story by Neil Gaiman. It tells the all-too familiar fairy tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves from a fresh perspective – that of the Snow White’s stepmother.
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Jan

How To Talk To Girls At Parties by Neil Gaiman

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Aliens, Free, Hugo Awards, Neil Gaiman, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, by Famous Authors

How To Talk To Girls At Parties

by Neil Gaiman

• Word count: 5097
• Page count: 10

How To Talk To Girls At Parties is another excellent science fiction short story from master story teller Neil Gaiman. It is about a couple of teen-aged boys who go to a party to meet girls, only to find that the girls are much different than they imagined.

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Dec

A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Aliens, Award Winners, Free, Hugo Awards, Neil Gaiman, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, by Famous Authors

A Study in Emerald

by Neil Gaiman

• page count: 9

A Study in Emerald, the 2004 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, is a unique blending of two literary traditions: Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos.

It is a short story told from the point of view of an assistant to an extraordinarily gifted detective.The detective and the narrator help the Scotland Yard of 1914 track a killer of a most unusual victim.
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