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18

Jan

Cinnamon

Posted by Cin  Published in by Famous Authors, Free, Funny, Good for Kids, Neil Gaiman, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Very Short

Cinnamon is a short story by Neil Gaiman about a young princess who meets a tiger that teaches her how to talk.
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11

Jan

The Truth Is A Cave In The Black Mountains

Posted by Cin  Published in by Famous Authors, Free, Neil Gaiman, Novelette, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews

The Truth Is A Cave In The Black Mountains, a novelette by Neil Gaiman, is the story of a man and his guide who travel together in search of a mysterious cave.
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8

Feb

Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman

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

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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27

Jan

How To Talk To Girls At Parties by Neil Gaiman

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

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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21

Dec

A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman

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

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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