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Review: Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman – In which smoke causes me to break a mirror

Collection: Supernatural, Fantasy. I love short stories. The first collection of short stories that I ever owned was by Richard Matheson, and the first short story that I read from that collection was " Terror at 20,000 feet " because how much of a Twilight Zone fan I am. Needless to say, I was hooked. From that day forth, I love short stories. Little bundles of information, a cool concept not worn out by the length of a novel, or an interesting character that we won't grow to become tired of because the story is too long. No, a short story is beautiful at its core, and Matheson, primarily a horror writer, great at crafting a simple and short story, which how's off horror but doesn't overstay it's welcome like most horror movies and books. Neil Gaiman knows how to tell a good short story. Take an idea that is interesting but will only last so long and craft a great story out of it? Check. The first story in the collection is incredible at explor...