مردی میانسال برای شرکت در مراسم یادبودی به محلهٔ دوران کودکی‌اش بازمی‌گردد. خانه‌شان از میان رفته است، اما او ناخودآگاه به مزرعه‌ای که در انتهای جاده قرار دارد کشانده می‌شود، جایی‌که در هفت‌سالگی با دخترکی فراموش‌نشدنی به نام لتی همپستاک، مادرش و مادربزرگش آشنا شده بود. او که از ده‌ها سال پیش دیگر دخترک را از یاد برده بود، حالا با نشستن در کنار برکه‌ای که لتی آن را اقیانوس می‌نامید، گذشته‌های دور را به خاطر می‌آورد، گذشته‌ای که می‌توانست برای هرکس بسیار خطرناک و هولناک باشد، چه برسد به پسربچه‌ای هفت‌ساله… اثری تکان‌دهنده و استادانه با روایتی غریب که ما به زوایای تاریکِ بیرون و درون آدمی می‌برد. قصه‌ای به ظرافت بال‌های پروانه، و هراس‌انگیز همچون خنجری در تاریکی.

زمستان به پایان نمی رسد. هیچ کس دلیلش را نمی داند. آدِ نوجوان از خانه گریخته است. هر چند به زحمت و با کمک چوب زیر بغل می تواند راه برود. در جنگل به موجوداتی برخورد می کند که داستان غریبی برایش تعریف می کنند. حالا آد باید به سفری عجیب برود، سفری که هرگز در ذهنش نمی گنجد. سفری برای نجات شهر باستانی خدایان شمال و نجات آن از چنگ غول های یخی.

6-page story first released as part of the Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2 anthology

A special illustrated edition of Black Dog by bestselling storytelling legend, Neil Gaiman. This American Gods world novella will thrill Games of Thrones devotees and Terry Pratchett fans alike. Illustrations by celebrated artist Daniel Egnéus.

'It followed me home,' he said, conversationally.

In a rural northern village, legend tells of a ghostly black dog that appears from the darkness before you die.

Shadow Moon has been on the road a while now but he can't walk any further tonight, not with the rain lashing down. Gratefully, he heads home with a nice English couple, who offer a box room, hot whisky and local tales.

But when the man collapses en route, Shadow realises that something about this place has been left untold.

Something ancient, something within the very walls of the village.

Something shadowing them all.

The Monarch of the Glen, an American Gods novella.

He was not sure what he had been looking for. He only knew that he had not found it.

Shadow Moon has been away from America for nearly two years. His nights are broken with dangerous dreams. Sometimes he almost believes he doesn't care if he ever returns home.

In the Highlands of Scotland, where the sky is pale white and it feels as remote as any place can possibly be, the beautiful and the wealthy gather at a grand old house in the glen. And when the strange local doctor offers him work at the party, Shadow is intrigued. He knows there is no good reason for him to be there. So what do they want with him?

Nobody Owens ist ein eher unauffälliger Junge. Er lebt auf dem Friedhof, liebevoll erzogen und behütet von den Geistern und Untoten, die dort zu Hause sind.
Doch der tödliche Feind, vor dem Nobody als kleines Kind einst auf den Friedhof floh, ruht nicht. Er wartet auf den Tag, an dem der Junge sein Zuhause verlassen wird, um zurückzukehren in die Welt der Lebenden. Wer wird Nobody dann noch beschützen?

During the coldest season, when the world feels scary—what do you remember about being warm? Baked potatoes. Trust. A kettle on the stove. Blankets. A smile. And, most of all, the reassurance that you belong. In his powerful and moving poem, featuring illustrations from thirteen extraordinary artists, bestselling author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Neil Gaiman draws together many different memories to answer the question, what do you need to be warm?

an alternate cover edition of ASIN B0054LJGWS.

According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter , Witch (the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner.

So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon—both of whom have lived amongst Earth's mortals since The Beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle—are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture.

And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist . . .

Deuses americanos é, acima de tudo, um livro estranho. E foi essa estranheza que tornou o romance de Neil Gaiman, publicado pela primeira vez em 2001, um clássico imediato. Nesta nova edição, preferida do autor, o leitor encontrará capítulos revistos e ampliados, artigos, uma entrevista com Gaiman e um inspirado texto de introdução.

A saga de Deuses americanos é contada ao longo da jornada de Shadow Moon, um ex-presidiário de trinta e poucos anos que acabou de ser libertado e cujo único objetivo é voltar para casa e para a esposa, Laura. Os planos de Shadow se transformam em poeira quando ele descobre que Laura morreu em um acidente de carro. Sem lar, sem emprego e sem rumo, ele conhece Wednesday, um homem de olhar enigmático que está sempre com um sorriso no rosto, embora pareça nunca achar graça de nada.

Depois de apostas, brigas e um pouco de hidromel, Shadow aceita trabalhar para Wednesday e embarca em uma viagem tumultuada e reveladora por cidades inusitadas dos Estados Unidos, um país tão estranho para Shadow quanto para Gaiman. É nesses encontros e desencontros que o protagonista se depara com os deuses - os antigos (que chegaram ao Novo Mundo junto dos imigrantes) e os modernos (o dinheiro, a televisão, a tecnologia, as drogas) -, que estão se preparando para uma guerra que ninguém viu, mas que já começou. O motivo? O poder de não ser esquecido.

O que Gaiman constrói em Deuses americanos é um amálgama de múltiplas referências, uma mistura de road trip, fantasia e mistério - um exemplo máximo da versatilidade e da prosa lúdica e ao mesmo tempo cortante de Neil Gaiman, que, ao falar sobre deuses, fala sobre todos nós.