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How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Neil Gaiman

First published September 2006
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

While searching for a party they've been invited to, two teenaged boys have no idea what kind of trouble might occur if they accidentally "crash" a party for aliens!

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2007 Hugo Award Best Short Story Runner-up
2007 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Winner
2012 Locus Online 21st Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (44)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 2006 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection 251
September 2006 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection 251
October 2006 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 255
October 2006 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders William Morrow / HarperCollins / SFBC Collection
October 2006 Fragile Things HarperAudio Collection 21
January 2007 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2007 Spilogale, Inc. MAGAZINE 130
March 2007 The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One Night Shade Books Anthology 5
March 2007 The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One Night Shade Books Anthology
April 2007 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection
April 2007 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection |251
June 2007 M Is for Magic HarperAudio Collection |10
June 2007 M Is for Magic HarperCollins Collection 138
July 2007 M Is for Magic HarperCollins Collection 138
August 2007 M Is for Magic Subterranean Press Collection
October 2007 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders Harper Perennial Collection 255
March 2008 M Is for Magic Bloomsbury Collection
May 2008 M Is for Magic HarperTrophy Collection 138
April 2009 The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume One Night Shade Books Anthology 5
April 2009 M Is for Magic Paw Prints Collection 138
October 2009 Coraline and Other Stories Bloomsbury Collection |10
October 2009 M Is for Magic HarperCollins Collection
October 2009 Fragile Things William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 21
February 2010 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders Harper Collection
September 2010 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection 21
November 2011 Alien Contact Night Shade Books Anthology
January 2012 Alien Contact Night Shade Books Anthology 15
2013 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection |309
May 2013 How to Talk to Girls at Parties William Morrow / HarperCollins Chapbook |1
August 2014 Futuredaze 2: Reprise Underwords Press Anthology
August 2014 Futuredaze 2: Reprise Underwords Press Anthology
September 2015 The Humanity of Monsters ChiZine Publications Anthology 140
July 2016 How to Talk to Girls at Parties Dark Horse Books Chapbook
October 2016 How to Talk to Girls at Parties Dark Horse Books Chapbook
May 2018 Fragile Things William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 255
May 2018 Fragile Things William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 21
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction Headline Collection 455
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 455
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing Collection |37
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection |37
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction HarperAudio Collection |37
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing Collection |37
November 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction HarperLuxe Collection 455
August 2023 They're Here! Baen Books Anthology |12
August 2023 They're Here! Baen Books Anthology |12