Fragile Things

As far as I can tell, this is the Neil Gaiman's second and most recent compilation of short stories. Personally, I didn't like it as much as Smoke and Mirrors, but it has a few high points. Fairy Reel is a good poem, Bitter Grounds is a story I felt I related to all too much (particularly the first paragraph.) But, probably the best story in this compilation is the last one, The Monarch of the Glen.

This last story continues with the character Shadow out of Gaiman's novel American Gods, which allowed the character depth that usually can't be achieved due to the limitations of short stories being short.