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Sunbird

Neil Gaiman

First published September 2005
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

The members of an exclusive Epicurian (foodies') club dare a dish when they start to mourn that they've tried everything there is to eat -- the legendary Sunbird (phoenix), which requires a trip all the way to Egypt.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2006 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Winner

Publications (40)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 2005 Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things ... That Aren't As Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel About Lost Lands, Stray Cellphones, Creatures from the Sky, Parents Who Disappear in Peru, a Man Named Lars Farf, and One Other Story We Couldn't Quite Finish, So Maybe You Could Help Us Out McSweeney's Books Anthology 149
July 2006 Fantasy: The Very Best of 2005 Locus Press Anthology 47
September 2006 Year's Best Fantasy 6 Tachyon Publications Anthology 42
September 2006 Fantasy: The Best of the Year: 2006 Edition Prime Books Anthology 118
September 2006 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection 273
September 2006 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection 273
October 2006 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 273
October 2006 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders William Morrow / HarperCollins / SFBC Collection
October 2006 Fragile Things HarperAudio Collection 23
April 2007 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection
April 2007 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection |273
June 2007 M Is for Magic HarperAudio Collection |11
June 2007 M Is for Magic HarperCollins Collection 164
July 2007 M Is for Magic HarperCollins Collection 164
August 2007 M Is for Magic Subterranean Press Collection
October 2007 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders Harper Perennial Collection 273
March 2008 M Is for Magic Bloomsbury Collection
May 2008 M Is for Magic HarperTrophy Collection 164
April 2009 M Is for Magic Paw Prints Collection 164
September 2009 Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren't As Scary Delacorte Press Anthology 139
October 2009 Coraline and Other Stories Bloomsbury Collection |11
October 2009 M Is for Magic HarperCollins Collection
October 2009 Fragile Things William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 23
February 2010 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders Harper Collection
September 2010 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection 23
2013 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection |333
April 2013 Unnatural Creatures Harper Anthology 75
April 2013 Unnatural Creatures Harper Anthology
April 2013 Unnatural Creatures: Short Stories Selected by Neil Gaiman Turtleback Books Anthology
June 2013 Unnatural Creatures Bloomsbury Anthology 75
February 2014 Unnatural Creatures Bloomsbury Children's Books (UK) Anthology
May 2018 Fragile Things William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 273
May 2018 Fragile Things William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 23
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction Headline Collection 435
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 435
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing Collection |36
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection |36
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction HarperAudio Collection |36
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing Collection |36
November 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction HarperLuxe Collection 435