false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255640735m/140098.jpg 140098 6 Never-before-published vampire stories by Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Kelley Armstrong, and many others. <br/><br/> 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. <br/><br/> In <i>New York Times</i> 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. <br/><br/> <i>New York Times</i> 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. <br/><br/> In "Twilight," Cassandra DuCharme, who appeared in <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's <i>Dime Store Magic</i>, knows she has to kill to live as a vampire another year-but finds herself disturbingly disinterested in the hunt. <br/><br/> Plus ten more bloody good birthday stories that take the cake. 135061 book 4 9 2007 Many Bloody Returns - Tales of Birthdays with Bite total:1367|5:235|4:433|3:534|2:141|1:24| 1367 4815 2447 182 3 1 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 07:23:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 11:10:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat May 17 14:26:12 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 19 17:49:49 -0700 2007 Sat May 17 14:26:12 -0700 2008 Many Bloody Returns three stars, but that's for the general quality of the three stories I read, the value of the theme, and the collection of popular authors. Since all of these stories seem to be set in continuing series, I only read the ones for series I read, since these are ...more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 18:38:18 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 18:40:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Sep 15 14:29:47 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 15:13:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 18:27:38 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 07:23:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 23 23:26:31 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 17:19:12 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 23:26:31 -0800 2009
Dracula Night by Charlaine Harris - enjoyed the Sookie tale

The Mournful Cry of Owls by Christopher Golden - odd story with a uniquely interesting concept that didn't make as much sense as it could have

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Some of the short stories are a lot of fun, particularly "It's My Birthday, Too" by Jim Butcher and "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life"...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 15 15:32:13 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 16:48:06 -0800 2009 1
- The Mournful Cry oF Owls by Christopher Golden. It had a really interesting story line. There should definitely be a series made from the main characters life.

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This one happens on Valentine's Day which happens to be Thomas's birthday. Go fig. Thomas is attending a LARP as a favor to one of his employees. Harry and Molly stop by to give Thomas a present. Once they're th...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 27 08:56:01 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 02 18:01:33 -0700 2009 1
Harris: Dracula's birthday party, hosted by Fangtasia. I love anything Eric-related. Pam continues to be the funniest character of the series.

Golden: Eastern Europe...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Oct 10 21:15:35 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 24 14:04:36 -0700 2007
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Unlike some of the other anthologies that Sookie has appeared in, I stuck around for the rest of the book. The short stories were based on both vampires...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 16:41:44 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 09:47:47 -0800 2008 The Good:
Christopher Golden's "The Mournful Cry of Owls" is the best in the collection -- reads like a great Nina Kiriki Ho...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 12 09:36:07 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 19 09:38:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 11 04:40:19 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 04:40:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Aug 10 13:27:27 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 10 21:14:25 -0800 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=140098