Trigger Warning

Credits

Some of the pieces appearing in this collection were first published elsewhere, permission and copyright information as follows:

Introduction copyright © 2014 by Neil Gaiman.

‘Making a Chair’ copyright © 2011 by Neil Gaiman. First appeared on the CD An Evening with Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer. Biting Dog Press limited edition, Broadsheets, 2011.

‘A Lunar Labyrinth’ copyright © 2013 by Neil Gaiman. First published in Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe.

‘The Thing About Cassandra’ copyright © 2010 by Neil Gaiman. First published in Songs of Love and Death.

‘Down to a Sunless Sea’ copyright © 2013 by Neil Gaiman. First published in the Guardian.

‘“The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains . . .”’ copyright © 2010 by Neil Gaiman. First published in Stories.

‘My Last Landlady’ copyright © 2010 by Neil Gaiman. First published in Off the Coastal Path: Dark Poems of the Seaside.

‘Adventure Story’ copyright © 2012 by Neil Gaiman. First published in McSweeney’s Issue #40.

‘Orange’ copyright © 2008 by Neil Gaiman. First published in The Starry Rift.

‘A Calendar of Tales’ copyright © 2013 by Neil Gaiman. First published online as A Calendar of Tales.

‘The Case of Death and Honey’ copyright © 2011 by Neil Gaiman. First published in A Study in Sherlock: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon.

‘The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury’ copyright © 2012 by Neil Gaiman. First published in Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury.

‘Jerusalem’ copyright © 2007 by Neil Gaiman. First broadcast by BBC Radio 4. First published in A Little Gold Book of Ghastly Stuff.

‘Click-Clack the Rattlebag’ copyright © 2013 by Neil Gaiman. First published in Impossible Monsters.

‘An Invocation of Incuriosity’ copyright © 2009 by Neil Gaiman. First published in Songs of the Dying Earth.

‘“And Weep, Like Alexander”’ copyright © 2011 by Neil Gaiman. First published in Fables of the Fountain.

‘Nothing O’Clock’ copyright © 2013 by Neil Gaiman and BBC Worldwide Limited. First published in the collection Doctor Who: 11 Doctors, 11 Stories, published by Puffin. BBC, DOCTOR WHO (word marks, logos and devices), TARDIS, DALEKS, CYBERMAN and K-9 (word marks and devices) are trademarks of the British Broadcasting Corporation and are used under licence. BBC Logo © BBC, 1996. Doctor Who logo © BBC, 2012. Licensed by BBC Worldwide. All rights reserved.

‘Diamonds and Pearls: A Fairy Tale’ copyright © 2009 by Neil Gaiman. First published in Who Killed Amanda Palmer: A Collection of Photographic Evidence.

‘The Return of the Thin White Duke’ copyright © 2004 and 2014 by Neil Gaiman. A portion of the story was first published in V Magazine.

‘Feminine Endings’ copyright © 2007 by Neil Gaiman. First published in Four Letter Word: New Love Letters.

‘Observing the Formalities’ copyright © 2009 by Neil Gaiman. First published in Troll’s Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales.

‘The Sleeper and the Spindle’ copyright © 2013 by Neil Gaiman. First published in Rags and Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales.

‘Witch Work’ copyright © 2012 by Neil Gaiman. First published in Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron.

‘In Relig Odhráin’ copyright © 2011 by Neil Gaiman. First published as a limited edition.

‘Black Dog’ copyright © 2015 by Neil Gaiman. Original to this collection.