Going Wodwo is a poem in which a person decides to cast off their life to return to nature. "The Fairy Reel and Instructions" are poems that deal with the sinister and confusing nature of fairyland. They are outwitted by these 'criminals' who get away to fight the Old Ones another day. They track the crime to an actor and a doctor, who turn out to be the real Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. The narrator helps a detective, who is implied to be Sherlock Holmes, to solve the murder of one of these Old Ones. "A Study in Emerald" is a murder mystery set in Victorian London in an alternate past, in which the Old Ones, terrible monsters from beyond the Earth, have taken over the world. Many of the stories carry an element or undercurrent of horror. Fragile Things is a collection of short stories and poems by Neil Gaiman, most of which deal with supernatural or strange events.
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