M is for Magic is a collection of child-friendly short fiction by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman

Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...

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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

The Graveyard Book

The Graveyard Book is a children's fantasy novel by English author Neil Gaiman. The story is about a boy named Nobody Owens, who after his family is murdered is adopted and raised by the occupants of a graveyard...

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• "The Case Of The Four And Twenty Blackbirds" (first published in Knave
  Knave (magazine)
  Knave magazine is a long-established British pornographic magazine, published by Galaxy Publications. It is the upmarket sister publication of Fiesta magazine....
  
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• "Troll Bridge" (first published in Smoke and Mirrors)
• "Don't Ask Jack" (first published in Smoke and Mirrors)
• "How To Sell The Ponti Bridge" (first published in Imagine
  Imagine (AD&D magazine)
  Imagine Magazine was a monthly magazine dedicated to the first edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons and Dungeons and Dragons role playing game systems published by TSR UK Limited.-History:Imagine was published between April 1983 and October 1985...
  
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• "October In The Chair" (first published in Conjunctions
  Conjunctions
  Conjunctions, is a biannual American literary journal based at Bard College. It was founded in 1981 and is currently edited by Bradford Morrow....
  
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• "Chivalry" (first published in Smoke and Mirrors)
• "The Price" (first published in Smoke and Mirrors)
• "How to Talk to Girls at Parties
  How to Talk to Girls at Parties
  "How To Talk To Girls At Parties" is a science fiction short story written in 2006 by Neil Gaiman.It is about a couple of British 1970s teen-aged boys, Enn and Vic, who go to a party to meet girls, only to find that the girls are much different than they imagined.The story follows Enn, a shy boy...
  
  " (first published in Fragile Things
  Fragile Things
  Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders is a collection of short stories and poetry by English author, Neil Gaiman. It was published in the US and UK in 2006 by HarperCollins and Headline Review....
  
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• "Sunbird" (first published in Noisy Outlaws
  Noisy Outlaws
  Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly blobs, and some other things that aren't as scary, maybe, depending on how you feel about lost lands, stray cellphones, creatures from the sky, parents who disappear in Peru, a man named Lars Farf, and one other story we couldn't quite finish, so maybe you could help us...
  
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• "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)

All the stories also appeared in Coraline and Other Stories (2007) published by Bloomsbury in the UK.