Fragile Things

Includes “How to Talk to Girls at Parties,” the basis for A Major motion picture directed by John Cameron Mitchell and starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning. Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams—and nightmares. . . . A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night. . . . In a Hugo Award–winning story, a great detective must solve a most unsettling royal murder in a strangely altered Victorian England. . . . These marvelous creations and more showcase the unparalleled invention and storytelling brilliance—and the terrifyingly dark and entertaining wit—of the incomparable Neil Gaiman. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, Fragile Things is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most original writers of our time.