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    <body><![CDATA[This anthology includes twelve stories from well-known authors such as Charlaine Harris and Simon R. Green, two of my favorite authors. I have never read anything by the others - Carole Nelson Douglas, Laurie R. King, Michael A. Stackpole, Sharon Shinn, Mike Doogan, Donna Andrews, Michael Armstrong,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68115871">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Review on a story by story basis. More at my blog: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mypointremainsvalid.blogspot.com/">There's Nothing Wrong with Anything</a><br/><br/><strong>Lucky- Charlaine Harris </strong><br/><br/>It's a story set in the world of Sookie and it seems to take place right before the most recent book. Anyhoo, there is an absence of Eric which sort of made me go &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38526233">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The House of Seven Spirits by Sharon Shinn <br/><br/>This was a fun short story. Erica has rented a haunted house for the summer while she goes through a nasty divorce, living with seven ghost’s sounds a lot more inviting then dealing with her soon-to-be ex. As she settles in she realizes that n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65578908">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had a good time reading these. Here is a sentence or two about each story.<br/><br/>Sookie's story in this is &quot;Lucky&quot; and is about her insurance salesperson. It was kind of cool.<br/>The Nightside story in this was kind of weird as usual and had a wow ending. It was called Appetite fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56434584">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I should start by saying that I find most short story collections aren't that wonderful. It's common to discover a few gems among a pile of rocks in such books. This one, a set of fantasy/paranormal detective stories, fits that trend nicely. The only story I liked was Laurie R. King's &quot;The Hous...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40664784">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another uneven anthology. I still have it in my hands, so I'll try to hit each story briefly.<br/><br/>&quot;Lucky&quot; by Charlaine Harris - Sookie is much easier to take in short form. I can't help it, the woman grates on me (in the TV show even worse than in the books). The other characters ke...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51339254">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read anthologies to pass the time between books in series that I read &amp; to find new authors in genres I like.  I got this one specifically for the Sookie Stackhouse story.  Overall, this anthology gets 3 stars.  Below is a list of the stories within &amp; what I thought of them specifically.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46647400">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I chose to read only several short stories from this book--the Charlaine Harris, Carole Nelson Douglas, and Simon R. Green stories.  Harris' story centered around her character Sookie Stackhouse and was much too brief for my tastes.  The Carole Nelson Douglas story made me want to delve back into th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52771089">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good intro to each of these series...the Butcher story is the star, but the others have great merit, too. Loved Richardson's offering. Green's was fun, but a little heavy on the &quot;paint the Nightside world&quot; imagery.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really LOVED the short Sookie story in this. Laughed at poor Bill and Amelia proves to be a great character. The other stories are just as good. Some a bit more twisted than others, but still had me guessing.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Some really great shorts...Charlaine Harris, Sharon Shinn, Donna Andrews, and all the others--it's hard to say which stories I liked best--I liked them all. Nicely paced, clever, tightly composed.... ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Quite readable selection of mystery stories involving fantasy or supernatural settings. Of course, as you always find in anthologies, some of the stories are more interesting than others (the last story in particular didn't interest me too much), but most of the book proved to be a page turner. Not ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48860356">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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