A mysterious circus terrifies an viewers for just one extraordinary performance before disappearing in to the night, taking among the spectators along with it . Inside a novella established two years after the occasions of American Gods, Shadow pays a trip to an ancient Scottish mansion, and discovers himself captured in a game of murder and monsters . . . In a Hugo Award-winning short story set in a strangely altered Victorian England, the fantastic detective Sherlock Holmes must solve a most unsettling royal murder in regards to a Research in Emerald . . . Two teenage kids crash a celebration and meet up with the women of their dreams-and nightmares . . . In a Locus Award-winning story, the users of a special epicurean membership lament that they’ve consumed everything that can be eaten, with the exception of a legendary, uncommon, and exceedingly dangerous Egyptian bird . . . Such marvelous creations and more-including a short story occur the globe of The Matrix, as well as others occur the worlds of gothic fiction and children’s fiction-can end up being found in this incredible collection, which showcases Gaiman’s storytelling brilliance as well as his terrifyingly entertaining dark sense of humor. By turns wonderful, disturbing, and diverting, Fragile Items is something special of literary enchantment in one of the very most unique authors of our period.