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October in the Chair

Neil Gaiman

First published December 2002
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

As the Months gather for their regular meeting, their personalities shine as stories are exchanged and October tells his siblings the story of a little boy who ran away and befriended a ghost.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2003 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Winner
2003 World Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 21st Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (47)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 2002 The New Wave Fabulists Bard College Anthology 393
July 2003 Year's Best Fantasy 3 Eos / HarperCollins Anthology 36
October 2003 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Fourteen Robinson Anthology 85
October 2003 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Fourteen Carroll & Graf Anthology 85
July 2004 The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy Eos / HarperCollins Anthology 490
July 2004 The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) Anthology 547
July 2004 Year's Best Fantasy 3 PerfectBound Anthology
July 2005 The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) Anthology
September 2006 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection 33
September 2006 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection 33
October 2006 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 109
October 2006 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders William Morrow / HarperCollins / SFBC Collection
October 2006 Fragile Things HarperAudio Collection 3
April 2007 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection
April 2007 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection |33
June 2007 M Is for Magic HarperAudio Collection |7
June 2007 M Is for Magic HarperCollins Collection 75
July 2007 M Is for Magic HarperCollins Collection 75
August 2007 M Is for Magic Subterranean Press Collection
October 2007 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders Harper Perennial Collection 29
March 2008 M Is for Magic Bloomsbury Collection
May 2008 M Is for Magic HarperTrophy Collection 75
October 2008 Poe's Children: The New Horror Doubleday Anthology 454
October 2008 Poe's Children Anchor Books Anthology
March 2009 Year's Best Fantasy 3 HarperCollins e-books Anthology
April 2009 M Is for Magic Paw Prints Collection 75
October 2009 Coraline and Other Stories Bloomsbury Collection |7
October 2009 Poe's Children Anchor Books Anthology 502
October 2009 M Is for Magic HarperCollins Collection
October 2009 Fragile Things William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 3
February 2010 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders Harper Collection
September 2010 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection 3
August 2012 Ghosts: Recent Hauntings Prime Books Anthology 172
2013 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection |61
May 2018 Fragile Things William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 29
May 2018 Fragile Things William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 3
September 2018 The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories Skyhorse Publishing / Herman Graf Books Anthology 1
September 2018 The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories Skyhorse Publishing / Herman Graf Books Anthology |2
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction Headline Collection 271
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 271
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing Collection |27
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection |27
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction HarperAudio Collection |27
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing Collection |27
November 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction HarperLuxe Collection 271
January 2023 Bioluminescent: A Lunarpunk Anthology Android Press Anthology |1
February 2023 Bioluminescent: A Lunarpunk Anthology Android Press Anthology |1