American Turtles

American Turtles presents thirteen original short stories, from the comic to the cosmic, written by students studying the works of Neil Gaiman at UCLA. Stories by Melanie Gharehptian, Cynthia Huang, Kimberly Juarez, Alexander Kim, Erik Knall, Rachel Maples, Brandon Pham, Ranger Saldivar, Melissa Smith, Dalia Sherif, Shabnam Tabesh, Andrew Takeda, and Shuming WangA class of students at UCLA focused on the work of master storyteller Neil Gaiman. For inspiration, they set out for the day into a hidden garden on campus, a place of prehistoric ginkgoes and mysterious streams, and began to write. This collection of thirteen original short stories inspired by the works of Neil Gaiman is the result of that sunny winter day. Stories by Melanie Gharehptian, Cynthia Huang, Kimberly Juarez, Alexander Kim, Erik Knall, Rachel Maples, Brandon Pham, Ranger Saldivar, Melissa Smith, Dalia Sherif, Shabnam Tabesh, Andrew Takeda, and Shuming Wang.