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Blood Lite
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Item Description...
Overview
Presents a collection of short horror fiction by such authors as Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Sherrilyn Kenyon, and Kelley Armstrong.
Publishers Description
The Horror Writers Association Presents
BLOOD LITE...a collection of entertaining tales that puts the fun back into dark fiction, with ironic twists and tongue-in-cheek wit to temper the jagged edge. Charlaine Harris reveals the dark side of going green, when a quartet of die-hard environmentalists hosts a fundraiser with a gory twist in "An Evening with Al Gore"...In an all-new Dresden Files story from Jim Butcher, when it comes to tracking deadly paranormal doings, there's no such thing as a "Day Off" for the Chicago P.D.'s wizard detective, Harry Dresden...Sherrilyn Kenyon turns a cubicle-dwelling MBA with no life into a demon-fighting seraph with one hell of an afterlife in "Where Angels Fear to Tread"...Celebrity necromancer Jaime Vegas is headlining a sold-out séance tour, but behind the scenes, a disgruntled ghost has a bone to pick, in Kelley Armstrong's "The Ungrateful Dead." Plus tales guaranteed to get under your skin -- in a good way -- from Janet Berliner Don D'Ammassa Nancy Holder Nancy KilpatrickJ. A. Konrath and F. Paul Wilson Joe R. Lansdale Will LudwigsenSharyn McCrumb Mark Onspaugh Mike Resnick Steven SavileD. L. Snell Eric James Stone Jeff Strand Lucien Soulban Matt Venne Christopher Welch
So let the blood flow and laughter reign -- because when it comes to facing our deepest, darkest fears, a little humor goes a long way! |
Item Specifications...
Pages 468
Dimensions: Length: 1.25" Width: 4" Height: 6.75"
Weight: 0.5 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Sep 29, 2009
ISBN 1439148406
EAN 9781439148402
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 | waste of $$ Jan 8, 2010 |
Since I really enjoy the Jim Butcher stories this book was purchased with the hope of discovering other authors of a similar ilk.
Huge disappointment. Order this at your library and don't waste the $$$.
| | |  | Lite on Horror Nov 18, 2009 |
22 authors come together to write some humorous paranormal short stories. For me there weren't many laugh out loud moments, but some disturbing moments, maybe. Some of my favorites were:
THE BEST
KELLEY ARMSTRONG - THE UNGRATEFUL DEAD
This one inspired me to add a character to a book I am writing. I just enjoyed the liteness of it and the mixture of the paranormal.
JOE R. LANSDALE - MR. BEAR
Mr. Bear was one disturbing bear. I don't know if this is really one of the best, but I will never forget it. The beginning was hard to get into, but I kept reading ... and, you know, I don't know if I should have.
JEFF STRAND - THE BELL FROM HELL
This was one of the funniest things I have read in a while. It's about a guy who works in an office building and keeps a bell on his desk. He says if it is rung 666 times, the devil will appear.
JIM BUTCHER - DAY OFF
I had never read anything by Jim Butcher before, but I had seen some of the Dresden Files on TV. So most of the time I was picturing the actor who played Dresden, and I enjoyed it. Most of the reviews say this story was lacking the regular horror of the Dresden stories, but I didn't mind the lack of it.
LUCIEN SOULBAN - HELL IN A HANDBASKET
Also a little disturbing but humorous at the same time. I only remember bits and pieces. I think there was something about a baby sent down to Hell in a handbasket, and the demons were trying to figure out why it was there. The ending ends up being pretty funny.
NANCY KILPATRICK - BITCHES OF THE NIGHT
About a typecast vampire from Transylvania and his three bitches of the night.
A funny story; it won't have you rolling on the floor, but it was decent.
ONLY OKAY
CHARLAINE HARRIS - AN EVENING WITH AL GORE
WILL LUDWIGSEN - A GOOD PSYCHO IS HARD TO FIND
SHARYN MCCRUMB - DEAD HAND
STEVEN SAVILE - DEAR PRUDENCE
UNMEMORABLE
CHRISTOPHER WELCH - THE ELDRITCH PASTICHE
MATT VENNE - ELVIS PRESLEY AND THE BLOODSUCKER BLUES
MARK ONSPAUGH - OLD SCHOOL
J.A. KONRATH & F. PAUL WILSON - THE SOUND OF BLUNDER
D. L. SNELL - LOVE SEAT SOLITAIRE
DON D'AMMASSA - NO PROBLEM
JANET BERLINER - HIGH KICKS AND MISDEMEANOURS
ERIC JAMES STONE - PR PROBLEMS
SHERRILYN KENYON - WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD
MIKE RESNICK - A VERY SPECIAL GIRL
NANCY HOLDER - I KNOW WHO YOU ATE LAST SUMMER
| | |  | Really funny Nov 13, 2009 |
| This book contains a lot of really funny and odd short stories! Be aware that some of the stories contain sexual and crude content, but I loved this book anyway! | | | | lazy and mediocre - including Ch. Harris and J. Butcher stories Oct 10, 2009 |
| I couldn't finish it, it was mediocre to an extreme, and a real disappointment. And I never thought Charlaine Harris and Jim Butcher would cheapen their characters and imaginary worlds with little lazy stories like this... I've never written a review before but this really needs saying. | | | | Scary and fun... Oct 7, 2009 |
| What better time to read horror stories than during Halloween season? Blood Lite features twenty-one short stories that will make you laugh as well as spook you. These stories show a more humorous side to things that go bump in the night, but that doesn't mean that you won't get frightened as well. In Charlaine Harris's "A Date with Al Gore," a couple of environmentalists take their save-the-earth cause very seriously. Kelley Armstrong's "The Ungrateful Dead," features necromancer Jamie Vargas (from the Women of the Otherworld series) and her unfortunate run-in with a very stubborn ghost. Some stories have ironic humor, like Mark Onspaugh's "Old School," Don D'Ammassa's "No Problem" (a modern Frankenstein storyline), and Nancy Kilpatrick's "Bitches of the Night." And then there are some that feature some dark (or should I say darker?) humor, like "Dear Prudence," by Steven Savile. The aforementioned story is my favorite in the book. It is quite disturbing the way the male character unleashes his feelings to his girlfriend in writing. Definitely a big spooker. All of the stories in Blood Lite are great. My least favorites are Nancy Holder's "I Know Who You Ate Last Summer" and Eric James Stone's "PR Problems." Jim Butcher's "Day Off" is good, but I couldn't finish it because I stopped reading the Dresden Files years ago and I was completely lost. All in all, this is a great anthology. So, pick this up if you're in the bargain for some scary fun. | | | Write your own review about Blood Lite
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