Unnatural Creatures: Stories Selected by Neil Gaiman [L0140]

2013 PB in Gift-Worthy condition. Unnatural Creatures is a collection of short stories about the fantastical things that exist only in our minds-collected and introduced by beloved New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman. The sixteen stories gathered by Gaiman, winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, range from the whimsical to the terrifying. Magical creatures from the werewolf, to the sunbird, to beings never before classified will thrill, delight, and quite possibly unnerve you in tales by E. Nesbit, Diana Wynne Jones, Gahan Wilson, and other literary luminaries. Sales of Unnatural Creatures benefit 826DC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students in their creative and expository writing, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "This collection of short stories shows the reader just exactly how Mr. Gaiman became one of the world's best experts on folklore and magic. The stories are mostly older, ones Gaiman read as a child or young boy, written by Saki (H.H. Munroe), Anthony Boucher, and many others who formed the basis of modern fantastic fiction. I highly recommend this book - Each of the stories is completely unique, but solidly based on one country or another's folklore. And each story is a building block of Gaiman's creativity and skill--unique in his dexterity with the sometimes unwieldy mass of accumulated legends and lore - Unnatural Creatures, yes!; "What this book does have are time travelers looking for horses and finding unicorns, werewolves, sentient bees, and teenage dryads. Not one monster manages to be ordinary; not one story fails to entertain. I highly recommend this collection for anyone even a little bit interested in the otherworldly."; "If you're looking for an excellent, varied read that is fictional and fascinating, this is it! Obviously fans of Neil Gaiman will love this book. What I enjoyed most about it is that it feels like a little collection made especially for fans of his work. It is dark, fantastic, weird, and exciting - all traits that many of Gaiman's works already share. This book is so fun to read that I found it difficult to put down."