M Is for Magic

M Is for Magic is a collection of child-friendly short fiction by Neil Gaiman.

M Is for Magic

First edition
Author	Neil Gaiman
Language	English
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication date	June 26, 2007
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	272

The stories and poems were selected from previously published works,^[1] with the exception of "The Witch's Headstone", which is an excerpt from the later-published novel, The Graveyard Book. All the stories also appeared in Coraline and Other Stories (2007) published by Bloomsbury in the UK.

Contents

• "The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds" (first published in Knave, appears in Angels & Visitations)
• "Troll Bridge" (first published in Snow White, Blood Red, appears in Angels & Visitations and Smoke and Mirrors)
• "Don't Ask Jack" (first published in FAN, appears in Smoke and Mirrors)
• "How to Sell the Ponti Bridge" (first published in Imagine #24)
• "October in the Chair" (first published in Conjunctions, appears in Fragile Things)
• "Chivalry" (first published in Grails, Quests, Visitations and other Occurrences, appears in Angels & Visitations and Smoke and Mirrors)
• "The Price" (first published as a chapbook by Dreamhaven Press, appears in Smoke and Mirrors)
• "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" (first published in Fragile Things)
• "Sunbird" (first published in Noisy Outlaws, appears in Fragile Things)
• "The Witch's Headstone" (first published in Dark Alchemy: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy)
• "Instructions" (first published in Wolf at the Door, appears in Fragile Things)