There’s a scene in Season of Mists, the fourth volume of The Sandman, when a boy who’s been murdered by ghosts refuses to leave the world. He doesn’t refuse to die—he’s already dead—but when Death comes to collect him, he crosses his arms and announces that he isn’t going anywhere. His friend, the one who […]
As you read these words, eye blackened from a trick kaleidoscope, you might be tempted to think, “Boy, do I hate April Fools’ Day.” For victims of today’s pranks and merriment, the sentiment is understandable, but this is no time to be a wet whoopee cushion. Revel in some schadenfreude instead, with this list of fiction’s […]
