#m is for magic

[freezingfogsblog]

Neil Gaiman writes short stories so so well but they literally fall into 3 categories:

-the occult treated so mundanely that it makes you cry and scream at the night stars and wish for a childhood so foreign that you don't recognise yourself afterwards

-a fucked up poem

-a poemed up fuck

#neil gaiman #stardust #good omens #smoke and mirrors #m is for magic #sandman #american gods

[thelastofthebookworms]

For uniformity's sake :

Each work count as 1,

e.g. Sandman counts as one because different editions mean a different number of volumes and Danny who's read the 3 Omnibus Volumes has read just as much as Nawel who's read 14 volumes.

Yes it means that someone who's read one issue will vote for the same thing that someone who's read the whole thing. No system is perfect.

If you've read one work (let's say The Graveyard Book) and its adaptation (let's say P. Craig Russell's), it counts as two, though (and not 3 even if the graphic novel is divided in two parts)

Of course audiobooks count.

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[have-you-read-this-short-fiction]

#short story collection #short story collections #m is for magic #neil gaiman #21st century literature #british literature #english language literature #have you read this short fiction? #book polls #completed polls

[godzilla-reads]

We’ve got a lot of… uh… Neil Gaiman here.

I might be on a collection roll….

Top to Bottom

🤍 Fortunately, the Milk

🤍 Art Matters (with Chris Riddell)

🤍 M is for Magic

🤍 Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett)

🤍 Neverwhere

🤍 Smoke & Mirrors

🤍 Trigger Warning

#godzilla reads #Neil Gaiman #Neil gaiman books #fortunately the milk #art matters #m is for magic #good omens #terry pratchett #Neverwhere #smoke and mirrors #trigger warning #bookstack #bookpile #bookspines #books and nature #books #booklr #reading #bookworm #bookish #booklover #book blog #book blurb #bibliophile #booklife #booknerd #book aesthetic

[bludotpng]

I love reading...💔

I need Neil Gaiman to lay off with the sadness, I can’t take it. I was listening to M is for Magic and the short story The Price really hit home. 

When I was little, one of our two cats (Cloudy, my kitty) disappeared for days and it got to the point that my mom thought she died. Then one night, she came back but she was horribly injured. She almost lost her tail, had scratches and scabs, and some teeth were missing but she recovered amazingly. 

 And now in current day, we have our neighbors cat Onyx, who is a black cat (an outdoor one) that loves to chill with us and hangs out on our patio. 😞

#I love this story and it's the saddest one I've consumed thus far #cats are my lifeline #the way I gave my cats extra love and kisses and pets because of this story #talkies #text #neil gaiman #m is for magic #short story #short stories #however I don't think the devil comes to my home some nights so at least we're safe

[smiling-sakura]

" Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you . You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called . Sometimes you'll forget precisely what happened , but if a story touches you it will stay with you , haunting the places in your mind that you rarely ever visit . "

- Neil Gaiman , M Is for Magic

#quoteoftheday #quotes #spilled ink #thoughts #beautiful quote #relatable quotes #spilled thoughts #spilled words #neil gaiman #m is for magic #stories

[soracities]

Angela Carter, The Magic Toyshop

[Text ID: “October, crisp, misty, golden October, when the light is sweet and heavy.”]

#q #lit #quotes #october #autumn #angela carter #the magic toyshop #autumn dreaming #seasonal #reading #typography #m #x

[muffinsandpages]

"M Is For Magic" by @neil-gaiman | Book Review

"M Is For Magic" is a collection of short stories by Neil Gaim, technically aimed at children. Now, I know that age ratings are more of a general idea rather than strict categories. But I found it in the children's literature section of the library, and I don't know if I'd keep it there, right next to the Geronimo Stilton books. Maybe I'm just underestimating children, but there are a few explicit references that I don't think an eight year old would love. Anyway, enough about that.

I was expecting short stories aimed specifically at children, something like Coraline, but it was actually more mixed. All the stories involve some sort of magical/supernatural element, but that's pretty much what Gaiman is about. There is not a fil rouge, something in common between them, which makes this book feel like a shorter version of Smoke and Mirrors. Speaking of that, more than one story is in both books, which is fine, but it doesn't make this book stand up in any special way. I wouldn't recommend it to adults, when they can get more stories in Smoke and Mirrors, I wouldn't recommend it to children, because I don't want to traumatize them.

All things said, though, the stories are very nice. Some more than others, obviously, but that's part of the game. I wouldn't know how to describe them, except to say that they are typical Neil Gaiman supernatural short stories, with a little nonsense sprinkled here and there. Maybe I've just oversaturated myself with his works lately and I really don't know what else to say.

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Obj: -0.5/2.00 Subj: -0.5/2.00

My rating: 4.0/5.0

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#bookblr #book review #book #reading #i am reading #read in 2022 #neil gaiman #short stories #m is for magic

[incorrect-mtg]

#magic the gathering #mtg m #jace beleren #vraska

[soulspark]

#black magic m-66 #black magic m66 #80s anime #oldanimeedit #gif #ova

[thelastofthebookworms]

Other polls in my pinned post.

#polls #neil gaiman #short stories #angels and visitations #trigger warning #fragile things #m is for magic #smoke and mirrors #a little gold book of ghastly things

[cowboythewizard726]

oh my ogoyd..,,.,.mmarrcile you cuttie pattootie magical freak!!! everybody give her a round of applause!!1! what a wonderful girl woman !!! i love her dearly and she frightens me so

#dungeon meshi #marcille dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #delicious in dungeon spoilers #dungeon meshi spoilers #dunmeshi spoilers #MARCILE!!!! HIYA!!!! #SHES SO SILLY AND DEMANDING AND WIBDERFOL #this one is for my friend HIIII KARIN HIIII HAPPY BIRTHDAY HIYA HIYA HIYA HIYA!!!!! #MARICLE #MARCILKE!!!! MARICKEL #HOW DO YOU SPELL IT #M A R C I L L E #? #YEAH THATS IT !!! #! #MARCILLE!!!!!!!!!!! #marcille donato #marcille dunmeshi #dunmeshi #delicious in dungeon marcille #minor laios and chilchuck but i sent them to the bottom :) #also chilchack fuck OFF god forbid a woman joke about DARK MAGIC #oh GOD theres so many images #this is my white girl #this be my white girl #love her dearly she probably bites #dont get too close UNLESS ur falin or ituzumi #yeah she would defintaly bite #love her os much oh the marcille meshi

[godzilla-reads]

What is your favorite underappreciated Neil Gaiman book?

You cannot say Good Omens or The Graveyard Book.

Mine is M is for Magic.

#godzilla reads #neil gaiman #m is for Magic #neil gaiman books #reading #reads #booklr #booklover #booklife #books #bookworm #bookish #book blog #book blurb #booknerd #bibliophile #literature #bookblr

[gmanweatherreport]

#i spent my whole day making thshi #SHOUTOUT to komodocomics who had idea of the crayon motherfucker nintendo 64 and meen #fin fin #i m meen #battler ushiromiy #sig puyo #crayola crayons yellow #ok excellent thahts enoug h tags #i liked sierra mist.. #actually ill use one full tag ok. fin fin on teo the magic planet #sorry

[atdawn]

MERLIN | 4.08 Lamia

#bbc merlin #merlin #colin morgan #merlingifs #syfysource #tvedit #smallscreensource #userashley #magical (gay) angst #m #ee #gifs #408

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I had a magic pink M&M that would let me transform into a magical girl. I accidentally told the public about it and they all started rioting at my house to try finding it. My sister ended up finding it and became an evil magical girl and then I had to team up with the characters of SpongeBob to defeat her and get my M&M back.

#dream #text #December 28th 2023 #m&m #m&ms #candy #magical girl #sister #family #spongebob #spongebon squarepants