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Neil Gaiman's "The Witch's Headstone" is the story of a boy named Bod (short for Nobody) who lives in a graveyard among ghosts.
REVIEW: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan 2008
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Or a busier one, as he alternates inquiries into the so-called Headstone coven with a search for an absconding priest and then a payback-mission to assist a villainous friend.
Supernatural Suspense and Mundane Wonders Tom Nolan 2011
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We have Al Franken and are about to get Princess Caroline and "Headstone"
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"A broken-down Irish PI, with a limp and a hearing-aid" is how the detective describes himself in "Headstone" Mysterious Press, 269 pages, $24 .
Supernatural Suspense and Mundane Wonders Tom Nolan 2011
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We are talking about your heroes and your villains: Pecksniff, Squeers, Quilp, Murdstone, Headstone; your jokes and your pathos; your silly, pretty little women; your strong women – Betsey Trotwood, Peggotty – and your glorious comic women: Mrs Gamp, Mrs Todgers, Flora Finching.
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Bod ages at least a year between chapters, and one - "The Witch's Headstone" - was in fact published as a short story a couple of years before the novel was released.
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"Although all but" The Witch's Headstone "have appeared elsewhere, this well-chosen collection is sure to create a new generation of Gaiman fans who will not need to understand all the allusions to enjoy the stories."
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There's standout chapters here, namely The Witch's Headstone (previously published as its own short story) and Danse Macabre, which is fast and fun to read and reminded me instantly of the triptastic scene with Shadow at the House on the Rock in American Gods.
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We'll close with his recording, "Dont Put No Headstone on My Grave."
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(Soundbite of song, "Dont Put No Headstone on My Grave") Mr. RICH: (Singing) Don't put no headstone on my grave.
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