Fantasy for a Fantastical World...

... is the premise of Neil Gaiman's "Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire."  I found it really charming.  An author struggles with the overwrought melodrama he is putting on the page... which is his attempt to write "realistic" fiction in his fantastical world.  The structure allows for pleasant discoveries and plenty of humor.