Smoke and Mirrors

“Murder Mysteries” © 1993 by Neil Gaiman. First published in Angels & Visitations.

“Snow, Glass, Apples” © 1994 by Neil Gaiman. First published as a chapbook by DreamHaven Press.

Also byNeil Gaiman

Novels

NEVERWHERE

GOOD OMENS (with Terry Pratchett)

For Children

THE DAY I SWAPPED MY DAD FOR TWO GOLDFISH

(illustrated by Dave McKean)

Collections

ANGELS & VISITATIONS, A MISCELLANY

Graphic Novels

with Dave McKean

VIOLENT CASES

SIGNAL TO NOISE

MR. PUNCH

Sandman

PRELUDES & NOCTURNES

THE DOLL’S HOUSE

DREAM COUNTRY

SEASON OF MISTS

A GAME OF YOU

FABLES AND REFLECTIONS

BRIEF LIVES

WORLDS’ END

THE KINDLY ONES

THE WAKE

Death

THE HIGH COST OF LIVING

THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE

Miscellaneous Graphic Novels

THE BOOKS OF MAGIC

MIRACLEMAN: THE GOLDEN AGE

BLACK ORCHID

Non-fiction

DON’T PANIC!

GHASTLY BEYOND BELIEF (with Kim Newman)

As Editor

THE SANDMAN: BOOK OF DREAMS (with Ed Kramer)

NOW WE ARE SICK (with Steve Jones)

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.

Some of the stories appearing in this collection have been previously published. Please see credits page.

SMOKE AND MIRRORS. Collection copyright © 1998 by Neil Gaiman. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

EPub Edition © JUNE 2001 ISBN: 9780061795299

Print edition first published in 1998 HarperCollins Publishers

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