Bitter Grounds
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"Bitter Grounds" is a dark, atmospheric short story by Neil Gaiman that blends voodoo, identity, and the supernatural in a haunting tale of personal escape and transformation.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bitter Grounds canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacterRole | unnamed male narrator ⓘ |
| containsElement |
Haitian mythology
NERFINISHED
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folklore ⓘ magic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | anthology contribution ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
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horror fiction ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| hasReception |
critically praised for atmosphere
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noted for exploration of identity and loss ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Fragile Things
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short story collections by Neil Gaiman ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
ambiguous reality
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surreal ⓘ |
| motif |
coffee
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voodoo ⓘ zombies ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| plotElement |
encounter with Haitian studies conference
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interactions with women who may be zombies ⓘ narrator assumes another man’s identity ⓘ |
| setting |
New Orleans
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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displacement ⓘ identity ⓘ personal escape ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
| tone |
atmospheric
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dark ⓘ |
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