Includes the Story "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" - Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Nicole Kidman A24 Film Directed by John Cameron Mitchell also Stars Elle Fanning and Ruth Wilson "A prodigiously imaginative collection. . . . The best of these clever fantasy metafictions explores the mysteries of artistic inspiration."--New York Times Book Review, Editor´s Choice Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams--and nightmares . . . A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night . . . In a Hugo Award-winning story, a great detective must solve a most unsettling royal murder in a strangely altered Victorian England . . . These marvelous creations and more showcase the unparalleled invention and storytelling brilliance--and the terrifyingly dark and entertaining wit--of the incomparable Neil Gaiman. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, Fragile Things is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most original writers of our time.