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* ''ComicBook/TheEternals'': Specifically, the 2006 {{Retool}}.

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* ''ComicBook/TheEternals'': Specifically, ''ComicBook/Eternals2006'': A {{Retool}} of the 2006 {{Retool}}.Creator/JackKirby characters and their Marvel Universe mythology.
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* ''Mr. Punch: The Tragical Comedy or the Comical Tragedy''.

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* ''Mr. ''[[ComicBook/MrPunchTheTragicalComedyOrTheComicalTragedy Mr. Punch: The Tragical Comedy or the Comical Tragedy''.Tragedy]]''.
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* ''ComicBook/{{The Childrens Crusade|Vertigo}}'', Vertigo's first, and only, attempt at a crossover.
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* A handful of ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' stories, as a show of creator's-rights solidarity with Creator/ToddMcfarlane and Creator/ImageComics. Ironically produced the first big legal kerfuffle of his career, as he and [=McFarlane=] constantly butted heads over who had the rights to BreakoutCharacter [[ComicBook/AngelaMarvelComics Angela]].

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* A handful of ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' stories, as a show of creator's-rights solidarity with Creator/ToddMcfarlane and Creator/ImageComics. Ironically produced the first big legal kerfuffle of his career, as he and [=McFarlane=] constantly butted heads over who had the rights to BreakoutCharacter [[ComicBook/AngelaMarvelComics Angela]].Angela.
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* Wrote an episode for ''Series/BabylonFive'': "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS05E08DayOfTheDead Day of the Dead]]". Especially notable as the ''only'' episode of the show not written by J. Michael Straczynski after season two. The Gaim, one of the alien races in ''Babylon 5'', is named for him. And just to hammer the homage further, they all strongly resemble [[ComicBook/TheSandman Dream Of The Endless]].

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* Wrote an episode for ''Series/BabylonFive'': "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS05E08DayOfTheDead Day of the Dead]]". Especially notable as the ''only'' episode of the show not written by J. Michael Straczynski Creator/JMichaelStraczynski after season two. The Gaim, one of the alien races in ''Babylon 5'', is named for him. And just to hammer the homage further, they all strongly resemble [[ComicBook/TheSandman Dream Of The Endless]].
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* ''Angels & Visitations'' (1993): His first solo anthology. Contains such fan favorites as ''Literature/{{Chivalry}}'', ''Literature/TheGoldfishPoolAndOtherStories'', ''Literature/TheWeddingPresent'' ''Literature/MurderMysteries'', and ''Literature/WeCanGetThemForYouWholesale''.

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* ''Angels & Visitations'' (1993): His first solo anthology. Contains such fan favorites as ''Literature/{{Chivalry}}'', ''Literature/TheGoldfishPoolAndOtherStories'', ''Literature/TheWeddingPresent'' ''Literature/TheWeddingPresent'', ''Literature/MurderMysteries'', and ''Literature/WeCanGetThemForYouWholesale''.
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* ''Angels & Visitations'' (1993): His first solo anthology. Contains such fan favorites as ''Literature/{{Chivalry}}'', ''Literature/TheGoldfishPoolAndOtherStories'', ''Literature/MurderMysteries'', and ''Literature/WeCanGetThemForYouWholesale''.

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* ''Angels & Visitations'' (1993): His first solo anthology. Contains such fan favorites as ''Literature/{{Chivalry}}'', ''Literature/TheGoldfishPoolAndOtherStories'', ''Literature/TheWeddingPresent'' ''Literature/MurderMysteries'', and ''Literature/WeCanGetThemForYouWholesale''.
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* SelfDeprecation: Appears in the comic adaptation of his book on Myth/NorseMythology on the mead of poets as an example of a dreadful poet.

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He is famous for his UrbanFantasy works, including the renowned ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' comic series for Creator/DCComics under their [[Creator/VertigoComics Vertigo]] imprint, which was the only work in its medium to win a UsefulNotes/WorldFantasyAward for Best Short Story. (To prevent it happening again, [[ObviousRulePatch they changed the rules]] so that comic books had to be relegated to their own special category, and couldn't be judged alongside prose works.) Two of his novels, ''Literature/{{Stardust}}'' and ''Literature/{{Coraline}},'' have been made into movies. He's also written scripts for other projects, such as ''Film/MirrorMask'' by Creator/DaveMcKean and the ''Series/{{Neverwhere}}'' TV series. In addition, he worked on the translated script of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''. His young adult work ''Literature/TheGraveyardBook'' became the first book to win both the UsefulNotes/NewberyMedal and the UsefulNotes/CarnegieMedal. He also wrote two episodes for ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife The Doctor's Wife]]" in Series 6 and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver Nightmare in Silver]]" in Series 7.

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He is famous for his UrbanFantasy works, including the renowned ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' comic series for Creator/DCComics under their [[Creator/VertigoComics Vertigo]] imprint, which was the only work in its medium to win a UsefulNotes/WorldFantasyAward for Best Short Story. (To prevent it happening again, [[ObviousRulePatch they changed the rules]] so that comic books had to be relegated to their own special category, and couldn't be judged alongside prose works.) Two of his novels, His novels ''Literature/{{Stardust}}'' and ''Literature/{{Coraline}},'' have been made into movies.movies, and ''Literature/{{American Gods}}'' and ''Literature/{{Good Omens}}'' have been made into streaming miniseries. He's also written scripts for other projects, such as ''Film/MirrorMask'' by Creator/DaveMcKean and the ''Series/{{Neverwhere}}'' TV series. In addition, he worked on the translated script of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''. His young adult work ''Literature/TheGraveyardBook'' became the first book to win both the UsefulNotes/NewberyMedal and the UsefulNotes/CarnegieMedal. He also wrote two episodes for ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife The Doctor's Wife]]" in Series 6 and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver Nightmare in Silver]]" in Series 7.
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He is famous for his UrbanFantasy works, including the renowned ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' comic series, which was the only work in its medium to win a UsefulNotes/WorldFantasyAward for Best Short Story. (To prevent it happening again, [[ObviousRulePatch they changed the rules]] so that comic books had to be relegated to their own special category, and couldn't be judged alongside prose works.) Two of his novels, ''Literature/{{Stardust}}'' and ''Literature/{{Coraline}},'' have been made into movies. He's also written scripts for other projects, such as ''Film/MirrorMask'' by Creator/DaveMcKean and the ''Series/{{Neverwhere}}'' TV series. In addition, he worked on the translated script of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''. His young adult work ''Literature/TheGraveyardBook'' became the first book to win both the UsefulNotes/NewberyMedal and the UsefulNotes/CarnegieMedal. He also wrote two episodes for ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife The Doctor's Wife]]" in Series 6 and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver Nightmare in Silver]]" in Series 7.

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He is famous for his UrbanFantasy works, including the renowned ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' comic series, series for Creator/DCComics under their [[Creator/VertigoComics Vertigo]] imprint, which was the only work in its medium to win a UsefulNotes/WorldFantasyAward for Best Short Story. (To prevent it happening again, [[ObviousRulePatch they changed the rules]] so that comic books had to be relegated to their own special category, and couldn't be judged alongside prose works.) Two of his novels, ''Literature/{{Stardust}}'' and ''Literature/{{Coraline}},'' have been made into movies. He's also written scripts for other projects, such as ''Film/MirrorMask'' by Creator/DaveMcKean and the ''Series/{{Neverwhere}}'' TV series. In addition, he worked on the translated script of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''. His young adult work ''Literature/TheGraveyardBook'' became the first book to win both the UsefulNotes/NewberyMedal and the UsefulNotes/CarnegieMedal. He also wrote two episodes for ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife The Doctor's Wife]]" in Series 6 and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver Nightmare in Silver]]" in Series 7.
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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the Audible short story "The Neil Gaiman At The End of the Universe": It turns out that the man known as Neil Gaiman, who is voiced by Neil, is not actually him. [[spoiler: He's a psychologist who was acting his own test subject in an experiment to help astronauts combat the mental effects of isolation.]]
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* ''Trigger Warning'' (2015): First collection for TheNewTens, featuring - among others - ''[[Literature/DownToASunlessSea2013 Down To A Sunless Sea]]'', ''Literature/TheCaseOfDeathAndHoney'', ''Literature/TheThingAboutCassandra'', ''Literature/NothingOClock'', ''Literature/TheManWhoForgotRayBradbury'', ''Literature/FeminineEndings'' and ''Literature/TheSleeperAndTheSpindle''.

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* ''Trigger Warning'' (2015): First collection for TheNewTens, featuring - among others - ''[[Literature/DownToASunlessSea2013 Down To A Sunless Sea]]'', ''Literature/TheTruthIsACaveInTheBlackMountains'', ''Literature/TheCaseOfDeathAndHoney'', ''Literature/TheThingAboutCassandra'', ''Literature/NothingOClock'', ''Literature/TheManWhoForgotRayBradbury'', ''Literature/FeminineEndings'' and ''Literature/TheSleeperAndTheSpindle''.
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* FutureSelfReveal: In the short story "Other People", [[spoiler:the demon in {{Hell}} who tortures and interrogates the damned protagonist turns out to be [[DemonOfHumanOrigin the man himself]], mutilated beyond recognition. Whether or not that means an [[EpiphanicPrison eventual release]] for him is left ambiguous.]]
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* BasedOnATrueStory: He confirmed in the collection ''Smoke and Mirrors'' that "Queen of Knives" was based on real events, namely his grandmother disappearing. In the case of the poem, the grandmother disappears [[spoiler:during a magic trick and the magician refuses to say where she went or what happened to her when the grandfather confronts him]]. Apparently, the details were so close to the truth that Neil received concerned messages from people who knew the real story.
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* SesameStreetCred: He guest starred as himself in an episode of WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}.

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* SesameStreetCred: He guest starred as himself in an episode of WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}.
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* ''Literature/HowToTalkToGirlsAtParties?from=Film.HowToTalkToGirlsAtParties''

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He was married to Music/AmandaPalmer of The Dresden Dolls. He has a [[http://twitter.com/#!/neilhimself Twitter account]] and a [[http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/ Tumblr blog]], as well as a [[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/ more traditional blog]] (it was originally created to document his promotion tour for ''Literature/AmericanGods'' back in 2001, and it took off from there). He's also been known to dispense writing advice to fans (often via Website/{{Tumblr}}).

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He was is married to Music/AmandaPalmer of The Dresden Dolls. (They had a rough patch in 2020, but have since [[https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/300204981/uk-author-neil-gaiman-reunites-with-his-son-and-amanda-palmer-in-havelock-north reunited in New Zealand and are working on their relationship]].) He has a [[http://twitter.com/#!/neilhimself Twitter account]] and a [[http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/ Tumblr blog]], as well as a [[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/ more traditional blog]] (it was originally created to document his promotion tour for ''Literature/AmericanGods'' back in 2001, and it took off from there). He's also been known to dispense writing advice to fans (often via Website/{{Tumblr}}).



* ''Angels & Visitations'' (1993): His first solo anthology. Contains such fan favorites as ''Literature/{{Chivalry}}'', ''Literature/TheGoldfishPoolAndOtherStories'', ''Literature/MurderMysteries'', and ''We Can Get Them For You Wholesale''.

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* ''Angels & Visitations'' (1993): His first solo anthology. Contains such fan favorites as ''Literature/{{Chivalry}}'', ''Literature/TheGoldfishPoolAndOtherStories'', ''Literature/MurderMysteries'', and ''We Can Get Them For You Wholesale''.''Literature/WeCanGetThemForYouWholesale''.
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He's married to Music/AmandaPalmer of The Dresden Dolls. He has a [[http://twitter.com/#!/neilhimself Twitter account]] and a [[http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/ Tumblr blog]], as well as a [[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/ more traditional blog]] (it was originally created to document his promotion tour for ''Literature/AmericanGods'' back in 2001, and it took off from there). He's also been known to dispense writing advice to fans (often via Website/{{Tumblr}}).

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He's He was married to Music/AmandaPalmer of The Dresden Dolls. He has a [[http://twitter.com/#!/neilhimself Twitter account]] and a [[http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/ Tumblr blog]], as well as a [[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/ more traditional blog]] (it was originally created to document his promotion tour for ''Literature/AmericanGods'' back in 2001, and it took off from there). He's also been known to dispense writing advice to fans (often via Website/{{Tumblr}}).
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* Wrote the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episodes "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife The Doctor's Wife]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver Nightmare In Silver]]". He’s disowned the final version of the latter, which went through ExecutiveMeddling that left some plot holes and left him feeling the soul of what he wrote was gone.

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* Wrote the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episodes "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife The Doctor's Wife]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver Nightmare In Silver]]". He’s disowned the final version of the latter, which went through ExecutiveMeddling that left some plot holes and left him feeling the soul of what he wrote was gone. In 2020, he wrote a Doctor Who minisode featuring Rory Williams, with Arthur Darville reprising his role.

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During the UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic, when Creator/LeVarBurton was looking for material to read during his live-stream, Neil granted [[https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1242631908598611968 "blanket permission"]] for him and anyone else to use his stories for their shows.

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During the UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic, UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, when Creator/LeVarBurton was looking for material to read during his live-stream, Neil granted [[https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1242631908598611968 "blanket permission"]] for him and anyone else to use his stories for their shows.


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* Had a brief CreatorCameo as the voice of God in the last episode of Season 3 of ''Series/{{Lucifer|2016}}'', a loose adaptation of [[ComicBook/{{Lucifer}} Lucifer Morningstar]], which he co-created along with Creator/MikeCarey.

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* MoneyDearBoy: He's quite happy to admit this as the only reason he wrote a biography for Music/DuranDuran early in his career. However, because of complications with the publisher, he never saw a dime save for his advance fee, which was only a few hundred £.
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* MoneyDearBoy: He has stated just about every time he did work solely for money no money has come from it.
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He's quite happy to admit this as the only reason he wrote a biography for Music/DuranDuran early in his career. However, because of complications with the publisher, he never saw a dime save for his advance fee, which was only a few hundred £.
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** He only did his issue of ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' for money as he thought it was beneath him, would damage his reputation and had no interest in violent superheroes. Ironically the issue ended up being one of the most significant for the character and led to an unimaginably long and expensive courtroom battle between Neil Gaiman and Creator/ToddMcFarlane.
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* ''Fragile Things'' (2006): First collection for the new millennium, with such luminaries as ''Literature/AStudyInEmerald'', ''Literature/OctoberInTheChair'', ''Literature/TheProblemOfSusan'', and ''Literature/HowToTalkToGirlsAtParties''.

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* ''Fragile Things'' (2006): First collection for the new millennium, with such luminaries as ''Literature/AStudyInEmerald'', ''Literature/BitterGrounds'', ''Literature/OctoberInTheChair'', ''Literature/TheProblemOfSusan'', and ''Literature/HowToTalkToGirlsAtParties''.
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* ''Trigger Warning'' (2015): First collection for TheNewTens, featuring - among others - ''[[Literature/DownToASunlessSea2013 Down To A Sunless Sea]]'', ''Literature/TheCaseOfDeathAndHoney'', ''Literature/TheThingAboutCassandra'', ''Literature/NothingOClock'', ''Literature/TheManWhoForgotRayBradbury'', and ''Literature/FeminineEndings''.

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* ''Trigger Warning'' (2015): First collection for TheNewTens, featuring - among others - ''[[Literature/DownToASunlessSea2013 Down To A Sunless Sea]]'', ''Literature/TheCaseOfDeathAndHoney'', ''Literature/TheThingAboutCassandra'', ''Literature/NothingOClock'', ''Literature/TheManWhoForgotRayBradbury'', ''Literature/FeminineEndings'' and ''Literature/FeminineEndings''.''Literature/TheSleeperAndTheSpindle''.

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* BumblingHenchmenDuo: Many of his works have a pair of bad guys with little characterization outside of being an inseparable antagonistic pair. Examples include Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar; Hastur and Ligur; and Mr. Wood and Mr. Stone.



* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Many of his works have a pair of bad guys with little characterization outside of being an inseparable antagonistic pair. Examples include Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar; Hastur and Ligur; and Mr. Wood and Mr. Stone.
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* ContinuityPorn: He can reach ''Creator/DonRosa'' levels of this, especially when he's writing for DC. ''The Books of Magic'' ties together almost ''every'' magic-based character in the DCU circa 1991[[note]]A notable exception being ComicBook/WonderWoman, who was undergoing a rather messy CrisisCrossover at the time[[/note]], with the last Book even cameoing sci-fi characters like Tommy Tomorrow, the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes, and ComicBook/{{Flash}} villain Abra Kadabra.

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* ContinuityPorn: He can reach ''Creator/DonRosa'' levels of this, especially when he's writing for DC. ''The Books of Magic'' ties together almost ''every'' magic-based character in the DCU circa 1991[[note]]A notable exception being ComicBook/WonderWoman, who was undergoing a rather messy CrisisCrossover at the time[[/note]], with the last Book even cameoing sci-fi characters like Tommy Tomorrow, the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes, and ComicBook/{{Flash}} Franchise/TheFlash villain Abra Kadabra.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Many of his works have a pair of bad guys with little characterization outside of being an inseparable antagonistic pair. Examples include Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar; Hastur and Ligur; and Mr. World and Mr. Stone.

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** Gaiman has a small role (and song!) in the 1980s Star Trek tie-in novel ''How Much For Just The Planet?'' Especially fun as he was little known at the time.
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* ''Trigger Warning'' (2015): First collection for TheNewTens, featuring - among others - ''Literature/DownToASunlessSea'', ''Literature/TheCaseOfDeathAndHoney'', ''Literature/TheThingAboutCassandra'', ''Literature/NothingOClock'', ''Literature/TheManWhoForgotRayBradbury'', and ''Literature/FeminineEndings''.

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* ''Trigger Warning'' (2015): First collection for TheNewTens, featuring - among others - ''Literature/DownToASunlessSea'', ''[[Literature/DownToASunlessSea2013 Down To A Sunless Sea]]'', ''Literature/TheCaseOfDeathAndHoney'', ''Literature/TheThingAboutCassandra'', ''Literature/NothingOClock'', ''Literature/TheManWhoForgotRayBradbury'', and ''Literature/FeminineEndings''.

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