The astonishing and impressive first collection of short stories from New York
Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman An elderly widow finds the Holy Grail
beneath an old fur coat in a second-hand store . . . A stray cat fights and
refights a nightly battle to protect his adoptive family from an unimagiable
evil . . . A young couple receives a wedding gift that will reveal a chilling
alternate history of their marriage . . . Beneath a bridge by the railroad
tracks, a frightened little boy bargains for his life with a most persistent
troll . . . Such miraculous inventions and more await within Neil Gaiman?s first
collection of short fiction, a gift of wonder and delight from one of the most
unique literary artists of our day. In his capable hands, magic is no mere
illusion, but a powerful means to reveal the nature of our humanity obscured in
the smoke of our fears and anxieties . . . and reflected in the funhouse mirrors
of our dreams.