Sure, it's a stopgap - a sort of foreshadowing of terrible things that'll be coming in the next volume - but it's also a delightful one. Gaiman takes on the traditional storytelling structures and delves even deeper into the fundamental building blocks of what it is to tell a story, creating a Russian doll of stories in the process. But let's be honest: after that ending, no one wants to think about anything but what's about to come.More on this one, though, if you have the time, can be found at RB: http://wp.me/pGVzJ-Ao
