''M Is for Magic'' is a collection of child-friendly short fiction by

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandma ...

. The stories and poems were selected from previously published works, with the exception of "The Witch's Headstone", which is an excerpt from the later-published novel, '' The Graveyard Book''. All the stories also appeared in ''Coraline and Other Stories'' (2007) published by

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in the UK.

* "The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds" (first published in Knave, appears in '' Angels & Visitations'') * "Troll Bridge" (first published in ''Snow White, Blood Red'', appears in ''Angels & Visitations'' and '' Smoke and Mirrors'') * "Don't Ask Jack" (first published in ''FAN'', appears in ''Smoke and Mirrors'') * "How to Sell the Ponti Bridge" (first published in '' Imagine'' #24) * "October in the Chair" (first published in '' Conjunctions'', appears in '' Fragile Things'') * "Chivalry" (first published in ''Grails, Quests, Visitations and other Occurrences'', appears in ''Angels & Visitations'' and ''Smoke and Mirrors'') * "The Price" (first published as a chapbook by Dreamhaven Press, appears in ''Smoke and Mirrors'') * " How to Talk to Girls at Parties" (first published in ''Fragile Things'') * "Sunbird" (first published in '' Noisy Outlaws'', appears in ''Fragile Things'') * "The Witch's Headstone" (first published in ''Dark Alchemy: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy'') * "Instructions" (first published in ''Wolf at the Door'', appears in ''Fragile Things'')

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