Sorry, Good Signs fans, but this isn’t the Neil Gaiman-adjacent news you’ve been waiting for. While devotees of the Prime Video series are waiting and waiting for an update on “special endingthat bought season threethe series’ controversial co-creator emerged for a new denial of the allegations of sexual misconduct against him.

In addition to forcing Good Omens to recalibrate its final season, those allegations also led to how it really felt the cancellation of Netflix’s The Sandmandependent as you asked, among other suspended projects.

different calls attention to a new statement from the author, which is more defensive but also puts a subtle revelation in a new book that he calls “the biggest thing I’ve ever done. American Gods.” He probably has more time to write since he has been away from the TV sphere for several years.

Through this latest communication, she does not hesitate to maintain her innocence, despite the accusations made by a former babysitter and other women, who are being investigated by an article in the New York Magazine Vulture as well as a seven-episode Tortoise Media podcast series. Before Monday, his most recent address on the subject came on January 14, 2025, in a blog post titled “Breaking the Silence.”

Gaiman’s February 2 statement is titled “Thank You,” and you can read the entire piece at his online journal.

“It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything anywhere, but I don’t want any time to go by without thanking everyone for all of your kind messages of support over the last year and a half,” it began. “I really learned how effective a smear campaign is, to make it clear: The allegations against me are completely and totally false. There are emails, text messages and video evidence that are completely contrary to this. These allegations, especially the really disgusting ones, are spread and amplified by people who seem to be more interested in anger and getting clicks on headlines that are happening or not”.

He went on to write that he thought “the truth will, eventually, come out,” citing a pro-Gaiman Substack author who defended him. Then comes the book news:

“It’s been a strange, chaotic and sometimes scary year and a half, but I took my own advice (when things get tough, make good art) and when I finished making television I went back to doing something else that I love even more: writing. I thought it was a short project when I started it, but it seems like it might be the biggest thing I’ve done in America.”

Whether or not people will accept a new novel from Gaiman remains to be seen. So far, most everything he’s been involved with in the adaptation sphere has ended or been canceled. That includes the Netflix series The Sandman and Dead Boy Detectivesat Disney The Graveyard Bookthe stage play Coraline – The Musicand Gaiman’s work with Dark Horse Comics. There are also two in-flux projects: the previously mentioned Good Signs send-off and a Prime Video series based on Anansi Boys.

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