Neil Gaiman Audiobook

In einem England vor langer Zeit liegt an der Grenze zum Feenreich das verwunschene Dörfchen Wall. Hier lebt der träumerische Tristan, der sein Herz an die schöne, aber abweisende Prinzessin Victoria verloren hat. Als Beweis seiner Liebe verlangt sie von ihm, einen Stern zu finden, der vom Himmel gefallen ist. Ungeachtet der Gefahren begibt sich der junge Mann sofort auf eine abenteuerliche Reise, die ihn ins Feenreich führt. Doch er ist nicht der einzige Sternsucher, und seine Konkurrenten haben magische Kräfte!

The best stories pull readers in and keep them turning the pages, eager to find the answer to the question, “And then what happened?” Edited by Neil Gaiman, a literary magician whose acclaimed work defies easy categorization and transcends all boundaries, and “master anthologist” (Booklist) Al Sarrantonio, Stories is a groundbreaking collection that reinvigorates and expands the boundaries of imaginative fiction, affording some of the best writers in the world-from Peter Straub and Chuck Palahniuk to Roddy Doyle and Diana Wynne Jones, Stewart O’Nan and Joyce Carol Oates to Walter Mosley, Jodi Picoult, the volume’s editors, and others-the opportunity to work together, defend their craft, and realign misconceptions.

A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night, taking one of the spectators along with it. In a novella set two years after the events of American Gods, Shadow pays a visit to an ancient Scottish mansion, and finds himself trapped in a game of murder and monsters. In a Hugo Award-winning short story set in a strangely altered Victorian England, the great detective Sherlock Holmes must solve a most unsettling royal murder. Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams and nightmares…

Eine geheimnisvolle Tür in ihrem neuen Haus führt Coraline in eine spannende Parallelversion ihres bisher eher langweiligen Lebens. Ihre "andere" Mutter verwöhnt Coraline und kümmert sich liebevoll um sie. Aber der schöne Schein trügt: Die "andere" Mutter ist eine gruselige Kinderfängerin! Ihre Haut ist so weiß wie Papier und anstelle ihrer Augen hat sie zwei große, schwarze Knöpfe im Gesicht! Coraline scheint für immer in dieser Welt gefangen und die böse Zauberin hält auch noch Coralines wahre Eltern in ihrer Gewalt. Um sich selbst und ihre Eltern zu befreien braucht Coraline ihren ganzen Mut.

According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch – the world’s only totally reliable guide to the future – the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just after tea . . .

Charlie Nancy leads a normal, boring existence in London. However, when he calls the U.S. to invite his estranged father to his wedding, he learns that the man just died. After jetting off to Florida for the funeral, Charlie not only discovers a brother he didn't know he had, but also learns that his father was the West African trickster god, Anansi…

According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - the world's only totally reliable guide to the future - the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just after tea…The armies of Good and Evil are amassing, the Four Bikers of the apocalypse are revving up, and everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not particularly looking forward to the coming rapture - having thoroughly enjoyed life on earth amongst the mortals. If Crowley and Aziraphale are going to stop it from happening, they've got to find and kill the Antichrist. There's just one glitch: someone seems to have misplaced him…