''Angels and Visitations'' is a collection of short fiction and nonfiction by
Neil Gaiman
Neil Richard MacKinnon GaimanBorn as Neil Richard Gaiman, with "MacKinnon" added on the occasion of his marriage to Amanda Palmer. ; ( Neil Richard Gaiman; born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, gr ...
. It was first published in the United States in 1993 by DreamHaven Books. It is illustrated by
Steve Bissette
Stephen R. Bissette (born March 14, 1955) is an American comic book artist, editor, and publisher with a focus on the Horror comics, horror genre. He is known for working with writer Alan Moore and inker John Totleben on the DC Comics series ''Sw ...
, Randy Broecker,
Dave McKean
David McKean (born 29 December 1963) is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician. His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art, and sculpt ...
,
P. Craig Russell, Jill Carla Schwarz,
Bill Sienkiewicz,
Charles Vess and
Michael Zulli.
Many of the stories in this book are reprints from other sources, such as
magazine
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s and
anthologies
In book publishing
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.
Contents
# The Song of the Audience
# Chivalry
# Nicholas Was...
# Babycakes
# Troll-Bridge
# Vampire Sestina
# Webs
# Six to Six
# A Prologue
# Foreign Parts
# Cold Colours
# Luther's Villanelle
# Mouse
# Gumshoe
# The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds
# Virus
# Looking for the Girl
# Post-Mortem on Our Love
# Being an Experiment Upon Strictly Scientific Lines
#
We Can Get Them for You Wholesale
# The Mystery of Father Brown
#
Murder Mysteries
External links
The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds
1993 short story collections
American short story collections
Short story collections by Neil Gaiman
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