Death's Excellent Vacation

from AltheaAnn

As you might guess from the title, this anthology is very, very light vacation reading for fans of the supernatural. Bring it when you're planning on sitting on the beach with a short attention span.As it lets you know, right smack on the cover, there's a Sookie Stackhouse story for the True Bloo...

from bookswoman

I am not a big fan of the whole "vampire" genre, so I got this book just to read a few stories by some authors that I like and respect. I read Chris Grabenstein's story and was very happy with it, and it didn't have a vampire in sight! There is a hard-hitting moral to his story and I'll admit I d...

from Citizenjoyce

This is an entertaining anthology full of vampires, werewolves, demons, Newfoundland dogs, leprechauns, pirates, seers, gargoyles, magic, and romance. Too much romance, actually. Can't we have a good paranormal fantasy without creatures getting all mushy about each other? The gargoyle was great, ...

from Krumbs

Hit and miss, and short story collections often are.The Sookie Stackhouse "Two Blondes" was actually pretty entertaining. I was a bit taken aback by Sookie's willingness to pole dance, but her character has been getting more...relaxed lately so I guess it sort of worked.The Boys Go Fishing--not r...

from SunnySD

Even the supernaturally endowed don't have an easy time taking vacations. I particularly enjoyed Katie MacAlister's The Perils of Effrijm. Many of the stories (perhaps all?) are vignettes from the lives of familiar characters - some of which I simply may not have encountered before. And it's not ...