and short story from Vertigo Jam, hc, 608 pages, 2008, ) Death: Absolute Edition (collects The High Cost of Living #1–3, The Time of Your Life #1–3 and short stories from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2 and 9-11 Volume 2, hc, 360 pages, 2009, ) Includes the A Death Gallery one-shot (1994) featuring pin-ups of Death created by various artists and an introduction written by Gaiman. The Sandman: Absolute Edition Volume 5 (collects The Sandman: Endless Nights, Sandman Midnight Theatre and both versions of The Sandman: The Dream Hunters, hc, 520 pages, 2011, ) The Sandman: Overture #1–6 (with J. H. Williams III, 2013–2015) collected as The Sandman: Overture (hc, 224 pages, 2015, ; tpb, 2016, ) Dream States: The Collected Dreaming, Sandman Presents and Overture Covers, 1997–2014 (hc, 224 pages, 2014, ) The collection of Dave McKean's covers for various The Sandman spin-off titles with commentary by both Gaiman and McKean. Features a short story titled "Fish Out of Water" (written by Gaiman, art by McKean) The Children's Crusade #1–2 (with Chris Bachalo (#1) and Peter Snejbjerg (#2); issue #2 is co-written by Gaiman, Jamie Delano and Alisa Kwitney, 1993–1994) These issues were initially created to serve as the bookends for the eponymous crossover among Vertigo's ongoing series published within five Annual specials. In 2012, Vertigo commissioned Toby Litt to write a new middle chapter in place of the Annuals and rework the second issue to fit the new storyline. The new version was published as Free Country: A Tale of the Children's Crusade (hc, 200 pages, 2013, ; tpb, 2017, ) The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch (with Dave McKean, graphic novel, hc, 96 pages, 1994, ; sc, 1995, ) Stardust #1–4 (prose novel with illustrations by Charles Vess, 1997–1998) collected as Stardust (hc, 224 pages, 1998, ; tpb, 1999, ) Spin-offs by other authors The Books of Magic Titles starring characters introduced or re-introduced by Gaiman in The Books of Magic (most notably Timothy Hunter) include: Arcana: The Books of Magic Annual (written by John Ney Rieber, drawn by Peter Gross, 1994) The Books of Magic vol. 2 #1–75, Annual #1–3 (with Gaiman credited as "consultant" in the first 50 issues; written by John Ney Rieber (#1–50 and Annual #1–2), Peter Gross (#60–62, 64–75 and Annual #3) and Peter Hogan (#63), drawn by Gary Amaro (#1–4, 9–14, 63), Peter Gross (#4, 6–8, 18–19, 21–30, 39–41,