The stories and poems were selected from previously published works,[1] with the exception of "The Witch's Headstone", which is an excerpt from the later-published novel, The Graveyard Book. All the stories also appeared in Coraline and Other Stories (2007) published by
Bloomsbury in the UK.
Contents
"The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds" (first published in
Knave, appears in Angels & Visitations)
"Troll Bridge" (first published in Snow White, Blood Red, appears in Angels & Visitations and Smoke and Mirrors)
"Don't Ask Jack" (first published in FAN, appears in Smoke and Mirrors)
"How to Sell the Ponti Bridge" (first published in Imagine #24)