{"product_id":"fragile-things-short-fictions-wonders-2","title":"Fragile Things: Short Fictions \u0026 Wonders","description":"an alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLet me tell you a story. No, wait, one's not enough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI'll begin again?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLet me tell you stories of the months of the year, of ghosts and heartbreak, of dread and desire. Let me tell you of after-hours drinking and unanswered phones, of good deeds and bad days, of breaking down and making up, of dead men walking and missing fathers, of little French ladies in Miami, of trusting wolves and how to talk to girls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are stories within stories, whispered in ears in the quiet of the night, shouted above the roar of the day, and played out between lovers and enemies, strangers and friends. But all, all are fragile things made up using just 26 letters arranged and rearranged again and again to form tales and imaginings which, if you let them, will dazzle your senses, haunt your imagination and move you to the very depths of your soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe following stories are contained in this collection:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1) An introduction where Gaiman details some background on each of the stories, and includes a short-short story (The Mapmaker)\u003cbr\u003e2) A Study in Emerald\u003cbr\u003e3) The Fairy Reel (poem)\u003cbr\u003e4) October in the Chair\u003cbr\u003e5) The Hidden Chamber\u003cbr\u003e6) Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire\u003cbr\u003e7) The Flints of Memory Lane\u003cbr\u003e8) Closing Time\u003cbr\u003e9) Going Wodwo (poem)\u003cbr\u003e10) Bitter Grounds\u003cbr\u003e11) Other People\u003cbr\u003e12) Keepsakes and Treasures\u003cbr\u003e13) Good Boys Deserve Favors\u003cbr\u003e14) The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch\u003cbr\u003e15) Strange Little Girls\u003cbr\u003e16) Harlequin Valentine\u003cbr\u003e17) Locks\u003cbr\u003e18) The Problem of Susan\u003cbr\u003e19) Instructions\u003cbr\u003e20) How Do You Think It Feels?\u003cbr\u003e21) My Life\u003cbr\u003e22) Fifteen Painted Cards from a Vampire Tarot\u003cbr\u003e23) Feeders and Eaters\u003cbr\u003e24) Diseasemaker's Croup\u003cbr\u003e25) In the End\u003cbr\u003e26) Goliath\u003cbr\u003e27) Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox Left in a Greyhound Bus Somewhere Between Tulsa, Oklahoma and Louisville, Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e28) How to Talk to Girls at Parties\u003cbr\u003e29) The Day the Saucers Came\u003cbr\u003e30) Sunbird\u003cbr\u003e31) Inventing Aladdin\u003cbr\u003e32) The Monarch of the Glen","brand":"bookshop.lol","offers":[{"title":"Thryft - Used (Like New)","offer_id":42487846764622,"sku":"9780755334148","price":11.26,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Thryft - Used (Very Good)","offer_id":42487846797390,"sku":"9780755334148","price":9.01,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Thryft - Used (Good)","offer_id":42487846830158,"sku":"9780755334148","price":8.11,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Thryft - Used (Well Read)","offer_id":42487846862926,"sku":"9780755334148","price":7.21,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0645\/3857\/4926\/files\/862815_7672af47-eea2-404a-91e3-235ea7e4a87c.jpg?v=1747339999","url":"https:\/\/bookshop.lol\/products\/fragile-things-short-fictions-wonders-2","provider":"bookshop.lol","version":"1.0","type":"link"}