American Gods

Gaiman's work draws on a wide array of global mythologies, including Middle Eastern tales, to depict gods interacting with the modern world.

King's series pioneered the fusion of fantasy with other genres and the exploration of myth in a contemporary, often desolate, American landscape, which Gaiman later developed.

Both works explore the idea of magic returning or existing in a world that had largely forgotten or dismissed it, albeit with different tones and settings.