The Sandman: the Doll's House, Neil Gaiman 
Book
Adventure
Fantasy
Horror
Literary Fiction
Paranormal
Thriller
Book
Adventure
Fantasy
Horror
Literary Fiction
Paranormal
Thriller
Updated: 4 October 2022
No rape or sexual assault
Rape or sexual assault mentioned in passing (in discussion and/or implied)
Sexual harassment (e.g. verbal or non-consensual touching/grabbing)
Sexual relationship between adult and teenager
Child sexual abuse
Incest
Attempted rape
Rape strongly implied/details surrounding a rape discussed in detail (i.e. the events before/after)
Detailed/vivid description of rape

Description

"Tales in the Sand": a woman falls in love with a male character but runs away from him for fear of the repercussions that might result from them being together and mutilates herself in an attempt to drive him off. He touches her private parts without her consent to heal her, and they have sex. (While this sex is implied as being something they both want, no explicit consent is given.) When she later refuses to stay with him, he condemns her to Hell. "The Doll's House": a character reveals that they had partial responsibility for the events in the previous story. The main character meets her grandmother, who alludes to the fact that she had a child via rape while under a magical effect that kept her asleep for decades (though the fact that it was rape is not discussed). A nightmare who removes and eats people's eyes, is shown to have tied up a male sex worker in the bathroom before murdering him; the language used in this scene is sexually charged, though no acts are shown. "Moving In": a group of men harass the protagonist and threaten to rape her, though they are quickly fought off by another character. One character is shown to have murdered two more men, implied to be sex workers also. "Men of Good Fortune": it is mentioned in passing that rape has become increasingly common in a tavern conversation. "Collectors": this story centers around a convention of serial killers that collect trophies from their victims. The convention opens with a rape joke. Some of the killers have names such as "Hello Little Girl," though details are not given about their methods. One attendee reveals that his preferred victims are children, and while he explicitly says that he does not like language dealing with sexual things, his own tone and words imply an element of gratification from the murders. Another, murders transgender individuals who have not undergone gender-affirming surgery, and a brief depiction implies a sexual element to the murders. Another describes in detail the sexual gratification they get from stalking, murdering, and dismembering women. One attendee is not a murderer but expresses a belief that women are objects for male desire and is shown to write for a pornographic magazine with Nazi imagery. "Into the Night": a depiction of a character's dream, while ambiguous, could imply a nonconsensual sexual encounter. "Lost Hearts": it is revealed that a character was the one who raped another's grandmother as part of a plot to cause problems for another character.

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