I went into this book knowing that it is essentially a collection of bits and pieces- I had previously read almost a third of the material in other formats. "Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains" and "The Sleeper and The Spindle" have both been released as illustrated short-of children's books; I think I read "The Return of the Thin White Duke" on Gaiman's blog; "Feminine Endings" and several of the poems were all included on the two disc set of recordings entitled "An Evening with Neil and Amanda". No matter. I think this is my favorite Gaiman short story collection to date. Perhaps seeing old friends, such as his excellent Sherlock Holmes story "The Case of Death and Honey", was what endeared this one to me over Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things - to my mind those two books contain clunkers and gems in equal measure. The star attraction of Trigger Warnings for most will likely be the new story about Shadow Moon- it is the only one original to this collection and it does not disappoint. I also love Gaimen's habit of including one paragraph in the introduction about where and when each story is from. These stories about the stories give the weaker ones a little more weight, and only add to the pleasure of the stronger stories.