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Closing Time

Neil Gaiman

First published 2003
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

At a club one boring night as the members tell ghost stories, the narrator has reason, by the end of the night, to wonder if the old man in the corner that he's never seen before is a ghost when he continues the ghost-story with personal memories.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2004 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Winner

Publications (31)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
2003 McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales Hamish Hamilton Anthology |143.2
February 2003 McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales Vintage Books Anthology 143
June 2004 McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales Penguin Books Anthology
July 2004 Year's Best Fantasy 4 Eos / HarperCollins Anthology 95
November 2004 The Mammoth Book of New Terror Robinson Anthology |20
December 2004 The Mammoth Book of New Terror Carroll & Graf Anthology 302
September 2006 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection 79
September 2006 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection 79
October 2006 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 69
October 2006 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders William Morrow / HarperCollins / SFBC Collection
October 2006 Fragile Things HarperAudio Collection 7
April 2007 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection
April 2007 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection |79
October 2007 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders Harper Perennial Collection 69
December 2007 McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales Vintage Books Anthology |143.2
October 2009 Year's Best Fantasy 4 HarperCollins e-books Anthology
October 2009 Fragile Things William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 7
February 2010 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders Harper Collection
September 2010 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection 7
August 2011 The Mammoth Book of New Terror Robinson Anthology
2013 Fragile Things Headline Review Collection |115
April 2013 Hauntings Tachyon Publications Anthology 149
May 2018 Fragile Things William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 69
May 2018 Fragile Things William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 7
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction Headline Collection 285
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 285
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing Collection |28
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection |28
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction HarperAudio Collection |28
October 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing Collection |28
November 2020 The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction HarperLuxe Collection 285