A Touch of Dead

[[deleted user]]

I am on book 7 which I will be finishing up today and I can't wait to read 8 & 9. I was looking on the author's website and it looks like there will be a new book in October 09 but the title is "The Complete Stories: A Touch of Dead". Does anybody know if this will be another book in the series or if it will be a collection of short stories?

Can't wait for Season 2 on HBO - I am so Team Eric!

[Allison]

its just an omnibus of the books out so far, its nothing new.

[Kathryn]

I would recommend this book for anyone starting the series. Then they could read each short story in order between the books. It would have been nice to have had this...some of stories provide some useful insight.

[[deleted user]]

You both Rock! Thank you so much for explaining this to me - otherwise I would have been excited for a new book and disappointed when I realized it wasn't what I thought it was.
Anyway, I agree, it would be nice to have - I have a few gaps I would like to fill in:)

[gina~*]

There are short stories for sookie? I did not know this.

[[deleted user]]

Yes. This was posted by another group member on another thread and from what I can tell, it is pretty accurate. It really helps to know this! I was kind of lost during book 4 b/c I did not read the short story in between.


1) Dead Until Dark
2) Living Dead in Dallas
3) Club Dead
4) Dead to the World
"FAIRY DUST" in POWER OF DETECTION
"DRACULA NIGHT" from MANY BLOODY RETURNS
"ONE WORD ANSWER" in BITE
5) Dead as a Doornail
6) Definitely Dead (May 2006)
"TACKY" in MY BIG, FAT SUPERNATURAL WEDDING (2006)
"DANCERS IN THE DARK" from NIGHT'S EDGE
7) All Together Dead (May 2007)
8) From Dead to Worse
"LUCKY" in UNUSUAL SUSPECTS
"GIFT WRAP" in WOLFSBANE AND MISTLETOE

Thanks for posting this list Kathy:)

[gina~*]

Thanks!!! I'm going to see if i can find them on the kindle

[Elizabeth (Miss Eliza)]

Yeah, I think that One Word Answer should have been included in Definitely Dead because otherwise it's confusing. Also personally, I've read them all and I really don't much care for the short stories.

[gina~*]

I have not read the short stories but i didn't have any trouble with Definietly Dead... what is confusing about it and/or what do learn about sookie that is important?

[Elizabeth (Miss Eliza)]

Well, it sets up the plot, because you just get the Hadley's dead at the beginning of the book, you aren't told how, why, or especially what her connection to the Vampire Queen is. But "One Word Answer" is about Mr. Cataliades showing up and discussing what happened with Sookie and what should and needs to be done, which is essential to Definitely Dead.

[gina~*]

Oh ok.. Thats cool.

[Nicole]

Great list! I need to find some of those too!

[Angie]

There is a thread for each short story on here under the book section.

[Elizabeth (Miss Eliza)]

Well, seeing as A Touch of Dead is the collection of all these short stories, there's really no point trying to hunt them down, you just have to wait :P