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Sunbird

shortsonline — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 21:00:49 +0000

Short Story by Neil Gaiman. The five members of an exclusive club dedicated to tasting exotic food travel to Suntown in Cairo to capture and eat a rare Sunbird. They are successful and thoroughly enjoy the meal, which for all but one of them is their last.

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Chivalry

shortsonline — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 22:27:12 +0000

Short Story by Neil Gaiman. Mrs. Whitaker is a nice old lady with nice friends, who lives in a nice house in a nice neighborhood. She was also living a nice, peaceful life until Sir Galahad interrupted her routine on his quest to find the Holy Grail.

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Snow, Glass, Apples

shortsonline — Fri, 10 May 2019 00:03:14 +0000

Short Story by Neil Gaiman. Yet another re-invention of the Snow White tale, told from the perspective of the much-maligned Queen. She knows a little magic (enough to glimpse the future and enchant the King), but not enough to match her evil, vampiric, sexually depraved stepdaughter.

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Click-Clack the Rattlebag

shortsonline — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 23:51:47 +0000

Grade 7-8 Story by Neil Gaiman. A campfire-style horror story about Click-Clacks, “the best monsters ever” that come from the dark when you don’t pay attention. We are left to ponder how the narrator, who was spending time with his girlfriend’s younger brother, is still around to tell the tale.

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Other People

shortsonline — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:31:03 +0000

Quick Read by Neil Gaiman. Upon entering a room in hell, a man meets the “demon” that will become his tormentor. After suffering excruciating pain from each of the 211 torture instruments lining the walls, he asks the demon what comes next. The answer: the true pain begins!

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Babycakes

shortsonline — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:21:02 +0000

Quick Read by Neil Gaiman. A disturbing satire about a world where all animals disappear overnight. Someone comes up with the bright idea of replacing them with babies. Babies are then used for food, to make leather, and for product safety testing. Eventually, all the babies are gone. What next?

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