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• iv •  Frontispiece (The Neil Gaiman Reader) • interior artwork by Majdanski
• ix • Foreword (The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction) • essay by Marlon James
• xiii • Preface (The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction) • essay by Neil Gaiman
• 1 • We Can Get Them for You Wholesale • (1984) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 11 • "I, Cthulhu" • short story by Neil Gaiman (variant of I, Cthulhu, or, What's a Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing in a Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9' S, Longitude 126° 43' W)? 1987)
• 19 • Nicholas Was ... • (1990) • poem by Neil Gaiman
• 21 • Babycakes • (1990) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 23 • Chivalry • (1992) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 37 • Murder Mysteries • (1992) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• 67 • Troll Bridge • (1993) • short story by Neil Gaiman (variant of Troll-Bridge)
• 79 • Snow, Glass, Apples • (1995) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 93 • Only the End of the World Again • (1994) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 111 • Don't Ask Jack • (1995) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 115 • Excerpt from Neverwhere • [London Below] • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 127 • The Daughter of Owls • (1997) • short story by Neil Gaiman (variant of Daughter of Owls)
• 131 • The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories • (1996) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• 165 • The Price • (1997) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 173 • Shoggoth's Old Peculiar • (1998) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 185 • The Wedding Present • (1998) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 197 •
  When We Went to See the End of the World by Dawnie Morningside, Age 11¼^?When We Went to See the End of the World by Dawnie Morningside, Age 11 1/4
  • (1998) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 203 • The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch • (1998) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 221 • Changes • (1998) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 231 • Excerpt from Stardust • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 241 • Harlequin Valentine • (1999) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 251 • Excerpt from American Gods • [American Gods] • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 261 • Other People • (2001) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 265 • Strange Little Girls • (2001) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 271 • October in the Chair • (2002) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 285 • Closing Time • (2003) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 297 • A Study in Emerald • [Sherlock Holmes] • (2003) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• 319 • Bitter Grounds • (2003) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 339 • The Problem of Susan • (2004) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 349 • Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire • (2004) • short story by Neil Gaiman (variant of Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire)
• 363 • The Monarch of the Glen • [American Gods] • (2003) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• 413 • The Return of the Thin White Duke • (2015) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 425 • Excerpt from Anansi Boys • [American Gods] • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 435 • Sunbird • (2005) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• 455 • How to Talk to Girls at Parties • (2006) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 469 • Feminine Endings • (2008) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 475 • Orange • (2008) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 483 • Mythical Creatures • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 487 • "The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains..." • (2010) • novelette by Neil Gaiman (variant of The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains)
• 513 • The Thing About Cassandra • (2010) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 531 • The Case of Death and Honey • [Sherlock Holmes] • (2011) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 549 • The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury • (2012) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 555 • Excerpt from The Ocean at the End of the Lane • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 565 • Click-Clack the Rattlebag • (2012) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 571 • The Sleeper and the Spindle • (2013) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• 593 • A Calendar of Tales • (2013) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• 619 • Nothing O'Clock • [Doctor Who (Short Fiction)] • (2013) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• 647 • A Lunar Labyrinth • (2013) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 655 • Down to a Sunless Sea • non-genre • (2013) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 659 • How the Marquis Got His Coat Back • [London Below] • (2014) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• 687 • Black Dog • [American Gods] • (2015) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• 725 • Monkey and the Lady • (2017) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 731 • Honors List (The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction) • essay by Neil Gaiman
• 735 • Credits (The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction) • essay by uncredited