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• Foreword (The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction) • essay by Marlon James
• Preface (The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction) • essay by Neil Gaiman
• We Can Get Them for You Wholesale • (1984) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• I, Cthulhu • (2011) • short story by Neil Gaiman (variant of I, Cthulhu, or, What's a Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing in a Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9' S, Longitude 126° 43' W)? 1987)
• Nicholas Was ... • (1990) • poem by Neil Gaiman
• Babycakes • (1990) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Chivalry • (1992) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Murder Mysteries • (1992) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• Troll Bridge • (1993) • short story by Neil Gaiman (variant of Troll-Bridge)
• Snow, Glass, Apples • (1995) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Only the End of the World Again • (1994) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Don't Ask Jack • (1995) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Neverwhere (excerpt) • [London Below] • short fiction by Neil Gaiman (variant of Excerpt from Neverwhere)
• The Daughter of Owls • (1997) • short story by Neil Gaiman (variant of Daughter of Owls)
• The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories • (1996) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• The Price • (1997) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Shoggoth's Old Peculiar • (1998) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• The Wedding Present • (1998) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• When We Went to See the End of the World by Dawnie Morningside, Age 11¼^?When We Went to See the End of the World by Dawnie Morningside, Age 11 1/4
  • (1998) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch • (1998) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Changes • (1998) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Stardust (excerpt) • short story by Neil Gaiman (variant of Excerpt from Stardust)
• Harlequin Valentine • (1999) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• American Gods (excerpt) • [American Gods] • short story by Neil Gaiman (variant of Excerpt from American Gods)
• Other People • (2001) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Strange Little Girls • (2001) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• October in the Chair • (2002) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Closing Time • (2003) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• A Study in Emerald • [Sherlock Holmes] • (2003) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• Bitter Grounds • (2003) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• The Problem of Susan • (2004) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire • (2004) • short story by Neil Gaiman (variant of Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire)
• The Monarch of the Glen • [American Gods] • (2003) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• The Return of the Thin White Duke • (2015) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Anansi Boys (excerpt) • [American Gods] • short story by Neil Gaiman (variant of Excerpt from Anansi Boys)
• Sunbird • (2005) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• How to Talk to Girls at Parties • (2006) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Feminine Endings • (2008) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Orange • (2008) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Mythical Creatures • short story by Neil Gaiman
• "The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains..." • (2010) • novelette by Neil Gaiman (variant of The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains)
• The Thing About Cassandra • (2010) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• The Case of Death and Honey • [Sherlock Holmes] • (2011) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury • (2012) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane (excerpt) • short story by Neil Gaiman (variant of Excerpt from The Ocean at the End of the Lane)
• Click-Clack the Rattlebag • (2012) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• The Sleeper and the Spindle • (2013) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• A Calendar of Tales • (2013) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• Nothing O'Clock • [Doctor Who (short fiction)] • (2013) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• A Lunar Labyrinth • (2013) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Down to a Sunless Sea • non-genre • (2013) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• How the Marquis Got His Coat Back • [London Below] • (2014) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• Black Dog • [American Gods] • (2015) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• Monkey and the Lady • (2017) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• Honors List (The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction) • essay by Neil Gaiman
• Credits (The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction) • essay by uncredited