Fragile Things by Neil
Gaiman
Gaiman excels in the short
story form. When his ideas get to run amok, but only for a few pages, he comes
up with a number of gems. Some work better than others, but the whole treat is
still delicious. This book motivated the Halloween 1000 word story challenge
that the Doctor and I undertook in October, which resulted in two stories you've probably never read entitled The Altar of
Crows and The Dust Man’s Birthday
Party. Turns out, writing truly
short fiction is a fantastic way of honing craft skills.
1 comment:
The Dust Man's Birthday Party was excellent and should be included in any upcoming collections of shorts by the author.
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