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1、FRAGILETHINGSSHORTFICTIONSANDWONDERSNEILGAIMANForRayBradburyandHarlanEllison,andthelateRobertSheckley,mastersofthecraftCONTENTSIntroductionAStudyinEmeraldTheFairyReelOctoberintheChairTheHiddenChamberForbiddenBridesoftheFacelessSlavesintheSecretHouseoftheNightofDread
2、DesireTheFlintsofMemoryLaneClosingTimeGoingWodwoBitterGroundsOtherPeopleKeepsakesandTreasuresGoodBoysDeserveFavorsTheFactsintheCaseoftheDepartureofMissFinchStrangeLittleGirlsHarlequinValentineLocksTheProblemofSusanInstructionsHowDoYouThinkItFeels?MyLifeFifteenPainte
3、dCardsfromaVampireTarotFeedersandEatersDiseasemaker’sCroupIntheEndGoliathPagesfromaJournalFoundinaShoeboxLeftinaGreyhoundBusSomewhereBetweenTulsa,Oklahoma,andLouisville,KentuckyHowtoTalktoGirlsatPartiesTheDaytheSaucersCameSunbirdInventingAladdinTheMonarchoftheGlenAb
4、outtheAuthorINTRODUCTION“Ithink…thatIwouldratherrecollectalifemisspentonfragilethingsthanspentavoidingmoraldebt.”ThewordsturnedupinadreamandIwrotethemdownuponwaking,uncertainwhattheymeantortowhomtheyapplied.Myoriginalplanforthisbookoftalesandimaginings,someeightyear
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6、etoldbyoneofavarietyofdodgyandunreliablenarratorsaseachexplainedtheirlife,tolduswhotheywereandthat,once,theytoowerehere.Adozenpeople,adozenstories.Thatwastheidea;andthenreallifecamealongandspoiledit,asIbegantowritetheshortstoriesyou’llfindinhere,andtheytookontheform
7、theyneededtobetoldin,andwhilesomeweretoldinthefirstpersonandwereslicesoflives,otherssimplyweren’t.OnestoryrefusedtotakeshapeuntilIgaveittothemonthsoftheyeartotell,whileanotherdidsmall,efficientthingswithidentitythatmeantithadtobetoldinthethirdperson.EventuallyIbegan
8、togathertogetherthematerialofthisbook,puzzlingoverwhatIshouldcallitnowthattheprevioustitleseemednolongertoapply.ItwasthenthattheOneRingZer
