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The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds

Neil Gaiman

First published October 1993
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A "hard-boiled" murder/detective story straight out of Mother Goose.

First published in the magazine Knave (UK), 1984.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1993 Cover Angels and Visitations: A Miscellany DreamHaven Books Collection 96
October 1999 Cover The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy Robinson Anthology 337
December 1999 Cover The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II Carroll & Graf Anthology 337
January 2000 Cover The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II Carroll & Graf / SFBC Anthology 337
March 2003 Cover Horrible Beginnings DAW Books Anthology 112
December 2003 Cover Angels and Visitations: A Miscellany DreamHaven Books Collection 96
June 2007 Cover M Is for Magic HarperAudio Collection |3
June 2007 Cover M Is for Magic HarperCollins Collection 3
July 2007 Cover M Is for Magic HarperCollins Collection 3
August 2007 Cover M Is for Magic Subterranean Press Collection
August 2007 Cover Il cimitero senza lapidi e altre storie nere Mondadori Collection 199
March 2008 Cover The Dragon Done It Baen Books Anthology 75
March 2008 Cover M Is for Magic Bloomsbury Collection
March 2008 Cover The Dragon Done It Baen Books Anthology 5
May 2008 Cover M Is for Magic HarperTrophy Collection 3
April 2009 Cover M Is for Magic Paw Prints Collection 3
October 2009 Cover Coraline and Other Stories Bloomsbury Collection |3
October 2009 Cover M Is for Magic HarperCollins Collection
October 2010 The 1635: The Eastern Front Disk Baen Books Omnibus |20.06
June 2012 Cover Il cimitero senza lapidi e altre storie nere Mondadori Collection |11