Glistening Tricks is a collections of stories by new author Matthew Raup. The Curtain - face the fear instilled in Monty by a shimmering shower curtain bought and hung on his ninth birthday. Ragnarokopoly - Merribelle is changed with stopping the end of the world, but she couldn't have possibly foreseen why the end has come. Glistening Tricks - there are strict laws associated with fairies, especially when humans and fairies fall in love.