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Loading... Many Bloody Returnsby Charlaine HarrisSeries: The Dresden Files (Short Story "It's My Birthday Too", 9.1), Garnet Lacey (Short Story "Fire and Ice and Linguini for Two", 2.1), Southern Vampire Mysteries (Short Story "Dracula Night", 4.3), Women of the Otherworld (Short Story "Twilight", 7.1), Vampire Files (Short Story "Grave-Robbed"), Morganville Vampires (Short Story "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life"), Henry Fitzroy (Short Story "Blood Wrapped")
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is an anthology of short stories and novellas by many of the leading paranormal and fantasy writers of today. There are two common though rather disparaging themes that run through all the stories -- vampires and birthdays. Some are sad and poignant, a couple are funny, and at least one of them is just way too "out there" for a stodgy old housewife like myself. I picked it up because it promised to have a Sookie Stackhouse story in it by Charlaine Harris, and that one didn't disappoint. A few of the others were quite dated, and though I hadn't read them before, they just struck me as tired old stories. I've seldom found an anthology that didn't include at least one or two real oinkers, so I can't say I was terribly disappointed in the book. And the last story, "How Stella Got Her Grave Back" by Toni L.P. Kelner, was worth wading through a couple of the other ones to get to. (  ) madamejeanie | Jun 30, 2009 |  I got this collection of short stories from my local library to read the Dresden Files story. I think Jim Butcher is a fantastic author and I love his Dresden Files. The story featuring Harry Dresden was a highlight of the collection. Unfamiliar with Charlaine Harris, other than to say I know she is a popular vampire fiction writer, I was let down by the consistently poor writing and compilation of the stories in this anthology. If you're fishing for new authors this is only worth a read for Jim Butcher's story. Whatever you do, don't buy this book. Borrow it from your local library. (  ) jreinhart | May 14, 2009 | A few of the stories were great, but most were sub-par. Not something I would recommend to a friend despite the fact I love vampire fiction. (  ) klarsenmd | May 13, 2009 | This is a collection of short stories on the unlikely theme of birthdays and vampires. I wasn't that interested in the theme, but was interested in the editors, Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner, and others of the authors. Harris is one of my favorites, along with Tanya Huff, Kelley Armstrong, and Jim Butcher. The quality of the authors is high, and as usual with such a collection, I found out about one or two authors I'd like to read again, such as Tate Hallaway. Fun collection! (  ) reannon | Mar 15, 2009 | Anthologies are a great way to find new authors, have ordered a few more to read [tate halloway to be specific], I loved Jim Butchers 'It's my Birthday, too' so good. Well worth a read, even if you've only heard about one author. ( ) viciouslittlething | Dec 15, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0441015220, Hardcover)Never-before-published vampire stories by Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Kelley Armstrong, and many others. Suspenseful, surprising, sometimes dark, sometimes humorous-these all-new stories will ensure that readers never think of vampires (or birthdays) in quite the same way again. In New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris's "Dracula Night," Sookie Stackhouse is the only human at the annual commemoration of Dracula's birth. But this year, the Prince of Darkness actually shows up-and finds Sookie to be a tasty-looking present. New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's crime-solving wizard Harry Dresden, of the Dresden Files novels, heads to a role-playing party to give his vampire brother a birthday present in "It's My Birthday Too," only to discover there are some bloodthirsty party crashers who don't share their brotherly love. In "Twilight," Cassandra DuCharme, who appeared in New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's Dime Store Magic, knows she has to kill to live as a vampire another year-but finds herself disturbingly disinterested in the hunt. Plus ten more bloody good birthday stories that take the cake.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:09 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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