Sandman Special #1: The Song of Orpheus

by Neil Gaiman · 1991

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Sandman Special: The Song of Orpheus (1991), a Sandman Special which retells the Greek Orpheus myth, placing it within the Sandman Universe with Dream as Orpheus's father.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisdark fantasydark fantasyMore like thisLess of thismythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 58 pages
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