Smoke and Mirrors : Short Fictions and Illusions Gallup Press wistful and vulnerable beneath the

wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter

a word of inspiration

Belly measures her life in summers

but this one will change her life for ever

Then Esther is pickpocketed by Jonah Smallwood

Smoke and Mirrors : Short Fictions and Illusions Gallup Press wistful and vulnerable beneath theIn the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion and anything is possible. In this, Gaiman's first book of short stories, his imagination and supreme artistry transform a mundane world into a place of terrible wonders a place where an old woman can purchase the Holy Grail at a thrift store, where assassins advertise their services in the Yellow Pages under "Pest Control," and where a frightened young boy must barter for his life with a mean