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Today’s New York Times features an op-ed piece by Neil Gaiman. It’s a charming read about the relevance of ghost stories and things that go bump in the night. At the end of the article Gaiman is identified as the author of Anansi Boys and Fragile Things, no mention of his comics work. Nitpicking, I know, but what can I say? My heart is filled with sweet comics love.

Why do you write ghost stories? Is there any place for ghost stories in the 21st century?

As Alice said, there’s plenty of room. Technology does nothing to dispel the shadows at the edge of things. The ghost-story world still hovers at the limits of vision, making things stranger, darker, more magical, just as it always has ….

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