Literary alchemy from 'a writer of rare perception and endless imagination' (William Gibson), TRIGGER WARNING is a cornucopia of storytelling: horror and ghost stories, science fiction and fairy tales, fabulism and poetry. It will open your eyes to the inexhaustible supply of darkness around you, the magic and the monsters, the myths and the miracles, and to finding truths in the most extraordinary of places.
‘We are all wearing masks. That is what makes us interesting. These are stories about those masks, and the people we are underneath them.’
Make sure you secure your own mask before reading. Before being transported to worlds filled with witches, watchers and big black bees, with deathless Kin and pirate girls, with things that prowl in the darkness beyond the circle fire, to find the Shadder lurking at your journey’s end. But then what happens? There’s always something waiting for you. There’s always more. Just keep turning the pages.
‘We each have our little triggers.’
Literary alchemy from ‘a writer of rare perception and endless imagination’ (William Gibson), TRIGGER WARNING is a cornucopia of storytelling: horror and ghost stories, science fiction and fairy tales, fabulism and poetry. It will open your eyes to the inexhaustible supply of darkness around you, the magic and the monsters, the myths and the miracles, and to finding truths in the most extraordinary of places.
© Kimberly Butler
Neil Gaiman is the author of over thirty acclaimed books and graphic novels for adults and children, including AMERICAN GODS, STARDUST, CORALINE and THE GRAVEYARD BOOK. His most recent novel for adults, THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE was highly acclaimed, appeared on the hardback and paperback
The recipient of numerous literary honours, Neil Gaiman’s work has been adapted for film, television and radio. He has written scripts for
Originally from England, Neil Gaiman now lives in America.
OPEN YOUR MIND TO ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST, MOST BRILLIANT WRITERS OF OUR GENERATION
‘His mind is a dark, fathomless ocean, and every time I sink into it, this world fades, replaced by one far more terrible and beautiful in which I will happily drown’
‘One of the best fabulists of our age’
‘He’s the master of fantasy and realism twisted together’ Hugo Rifkind,
‘A very fine and imaginative writer’
‘A rich imagination . . . and an ability to tackle large themes’ Philip Pullman
‘Gaiman’s achievement is to make the fantasy world seem true’
‘A power that defies explanation’
Slots perfectly into the canon of British magical fiction’
‘Fantasy rooted in the darkest corners of reality’
‘Gaiman is a master of fear, and he understands the nature of fairytales’ A S Byatt,
American Gods
Stardust
Neverwhere
Smoke and Mirrors
Anansi Boys
Fragile Things
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains (illustrated by Eddie Campbell)
I’m not sure how I wound up with an honourable Hollywood agent who reads books for pleasure but I did, eighteen years ago. He’s still my agent, still honourable, and he still likes short stories best of all. This book of tales is for Jon Levin.
There are things that upset us. That’s not quite what we’re talking about here, though. I’m thinking rather about those images or words or ideas that drop like trapdoors beneath us, throwing us out of our safe, sane world into a place much more dark and less welcoming. Our hearts skip a ratatat drumbeat in our chests, and we fight for breath. Blood retreats from our faces and our fingers, leaving us pale and gasping and shocked.
