Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders Summary
Neil Gaiman

Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders Summary

Fragile Things is a collection of short stories and poems by Neil Gaiman, most of which deal with supernatural or strange events. Many of the stories carry an element or undercurrent of horror.

"A Study in Emerald" is a murder mystery set in Victorian London in an alternate past, in which the Old Ones, terrible monsters from beyond the Earth, have taken over the world. The narrator helps a detective, who...

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