Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances is really, really great - you have been warned. Neil Gaiman is great at utilizing an unreliable narrator and crafting excitedly unexpected narrative twists; and this collection highlights these elements well.

In general, I am a huge fan of popular fairy tales retold in innovative ways. Gaiman does this well with "Diamonds and Pearls: A Fairy Tale" and "The Sleeper and the Spindle." He is also good at crafting his own fables like "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains..." which also explores new perspectives and unexpected choices.

Given that many of these stories fall squarely in the fantasy genre, I was surprised to see "Nothing O'Clock," Gaiman's Doctor Who short story that had been previously published in Doctor Who: 11 Doctors, 11 Stories. That said, this was one of the better shorts of that volume, and reads exactly like a Doctor Who episode (I'm a big fan). I wasn't mad to read it again, though it was oddly placed in the context of this particular collection.

That aside, these stories were truly quality, with many being five star stories in their own right. I found myself wanting to hold off finishing the book because I wanted new stories to look forward to as time passed. This is something I haven't experienced since reading American Gods, so I was especially satisfied to read the final short story "Black Dog." This one follows Shadow Moon after the events of American Gods and was really amazing.

Overall, I really loved this one; there were so many great stories. The only reason I did not give it five stars was due to some stories that were just okay, but that is bound to happen with collections like these. Still, I would super recommend this one.