![]() Perhaps my biggest qualm with this book was its structure. At least a few of them followed the title of the book, which helped tie these separate stories together. ![]() ![]() The simplicity and genius of these ideas merely verify Gaiman’s writing talent, even if a few were hard to follow. At least there were enough other stories that I found fascinating to make it worth my while to get all the way through it. Sure, the concepts in these short stories were somewhat interesting, but the sex ruined it for me. ![]() Fortunately, Gilbert Gottfried did not read it, but it still is uncomfortable to hear it nonetheless. Then again, I consider erotica and stories submitted to Hustler as pornography, which is why I do not read these kinds of short stories.įurthermore, it is a little more uncomfortable listening to erotica, as was the case with this audiobook. While quite a few stories were interesting, not all of them were necessarily in genres I typically read. I have not read much of Neil Gaiman, but in his collection of anthology short stories, Smoke and Mirrors, I was able to see what kinds of stories a professional writer writes for an anthology. ![]() As someone who has to read many short story submissions for the anthology my writing group puts together each year, I can appreciate a well-written short story. ![]()
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