Unnatural Creatures
Stories Selected by Neil Gaiman
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · April 23, 2013
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- Who it’s for
- Sixteen stories move from whimsical to terrifying, with fantastical creatures at every turn.
- Themes
- Magical and fantastical creatures, Whimsy and terror
- Genres
- YA Short Stories, YA Mythical Creature Stories, YA Horror
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Unnatural Creatures is a collection of short stories about the fantastical things that exist only in our minds—collected and introduced by beloved New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman. The sixteen stories gathered by Gaiman, winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, range from the whimsical to the terrifying.
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Magical creatures from the werewolf, to the sunbird, to beings never before classified will thrill, delight, and quite possibly unnerve you in tales by E. Nesbit, Diana Wynne Jones, Gahan Wilson, and other literary luminaries. Sales of Unnatural Creatures benefit 826DC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students in their creative and expository writing, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.
Wonder, With Teeth
Sixteen stories move from whimsical to terrifying, with fantastical creatures at every turn.
Come here for
- Creatures from werewolves to sunbirds—and stranger, unclassified beings
- Fantasy that can delight as readily as it unnerves
Expect
- Sixteen short stories selected and introduced by Neil Gaiman
- A range from playful wonder to frightening encounters
Where it sits
| YA Short Stories | 87% |
|---|---|
| YA Mythical Creature Stories | 27% |
| YA Horror | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Adventure
- YA Mythical Creature Stories
- Coming of Age
- Fairy Tale Anthologies for Teens
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- YA Fantasy
- Epic YA Fantasy
- Holiday YA
- YA Horror
- Authors
- Neil Gaiman
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 23, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Magical and fantastical creatures · Whimsy and terror
- Reading lane
- YA Adventure