If I were to make a big old list of STUFF I LIKE, I’m pretty sure FREE STUFF and STUFF WRITTEN BY NEIL GAIMAN would be up there in the top ten. Well, I’ve just been listening (and chuckling along) to a free audio download of Neil Gaiman reading (and having lots of fun with) his peculiar and evocative blending of the worlds of Lovecraft and Conan Doyle: A Study In Emerald. Bloody marvellous! His reading really does bring out the humour of this brilliant short story. I especially like the tongue-in-cheek advertisements that intersperse the piece:

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Neil Gaiman: such a dude.

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