''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 genre. He is known for working with writer Alan Moore and inker John Totleben on the DC Comics series ''Swamp Thing'' in ...
, 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 sculp ...
,
P. Craig Russell, Jill Carla Schwarz,
Bill Sienkiewicz
Boleslav William Felix Robert Sienkiewicz ( ; born May 3, 1958) is an American artist known for his work in comic books—particularly for Marvel Comics' ''New Mutants'', ''Moon Knight,'' and ''Elektra: Assassin''. Sienkiewicz's work in the 1980s ...
,
Charles Vess
Charles Vess (born June 10, 1951) is an American fantasy artist and comics artist who has specialized in the illustration of myths and fairy tales. His influences include British "Golden Age" book illustrator Arthur Rackham, Czech Art Nouveau pa ...
and
Michael Zulli
Michael Zulli is an American artist known for his work as an animal and wildlife illustrator and as a comic book illustrator.
Career
Michael Zulli's career in the comics industry began in October 1986 with ''The Puma Blues'', on which he collab ...
.
Many of the stories in this book are reprints from other sources, such as
magazines and
anthologies
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors.
In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically catego ...
.
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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