Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions » (Reprint)

Novelist Neil Gaiman has sent a British businessman tumbling into a fantastic underworld and had a devil and angel comically conspiring to thwart the Apocalypse. He found his biggest success, though, in Death, Dreams and Destruction -- and the four other similarly named siblings who controlled the reins of the human race's emotional impulses in his graphic-novel series The Sandman, a wholesale rejuvenation of graphic fiction that had everyone from Tori Amos to Norman Mailer spinning with, yes, Delirium.

Hot on the heels of his bestselling contemporary fantasy novel Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman returns with Smoke and Mirrors, a wildly entertaining and mesmerizing short story treasure box of a collection. Each new tale offers another glimpse into the tantalizing wit and charm of Neil Gaiman's imagination and unique storytelling ability. His fiction has garnered praise from writers as diverse as Norman Mailer and Stephen King, as well as singer-songwriter Tori Amos and the rock band Metallica. If you've yet to experience Gaiman's artistry, give yourself an unforgettable treat and check him out.

Dallas Morning News

Highly imaginative . . . readers will find echoes of H.P. Lovecraft, Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury and Stephen King, but the voice is all Gaiman.