Synopses & Reviews
In this collection of urban fantasy stories, editors George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois explore the places where mystery waits at the end of every alley and where the things that go bump in the night have something to fear . . . In “Death by Dahlia,” #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris takes vampire Dahlia Lynley-Chivers to a lavish party that turns deadly. And with so many creatures of the night in attendance, Dahlia will have a hard time identifying the most likely suspect! #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs thrills in “In Red, with Pearls,” as a werewolf PI races to crack a case involving zombies, witches, and the most horrifying creatures of them all—lawyers. In “Lord John and the Plague of Zombies,” New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon follows Lord John as he journeys to the beautiful but faintly sinister island paradise of Jamaica, where he’s soon investigating a mystery with no shortage of spiders, snakes, revolutionaries, and, of course, zombies. With these and thirteen more original tales, Down These Strange Streets takes you to the cities where fantasy and mystery collide and where private eyes who have seen it all find something lurking that is stranger still…
Review
“Some of the top names in urban fantasy are joined by some of today’s best historical mystery writers in this top-notch anthology.”—
Publishers Weekly “Urban fantasy in a nourish vein…This is a pretty strong collection.”—Locus “There’s lots [of stories], some in the past, some in the future, and all entertaining as you get to read old favorite characters or are introduced to new ones. I always enjoy anthologies for the variety in the stories and this one provides plenty, but all with a paranormal detective bent.”—News and Sentinel
Review
Praise for the editors previous collections
“Exceptional authors…A captivating collection.”—Darque Reviews
“Entertaining and worth reading. This excellent collection will appeal to
the growing legion of paranormal fans.”—Library Journal
“Experienced genre hands ensure the high quality.”—Booklist
“Fresh, interesting tales… [that] star some of the more famous series
characters like Sookie Stackhouse.”—Alternative Worlds
Synopsis
All new strange cases of death and magic in the city by some of the biggest names in urban fantasy.
In this all-new collection of urban fantasy stories, editors George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois explore the places where mystery waits at the end of every alley and where the things that go bump in the night have something to fear...
Includes stories by New York Times bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Diana Gabaldon, Simon R. Green, S. M. Stirling, and Carrie Vaughn, as well as tales by Glen Cook, Bradley Denton, M.L.N. Hanover, Conn Iggulden, Laurie R. King, Joe R. Lansdale, John Maddox Roberts, Steven Saylor, Melinda Snodgrass, and Lisa Tuttle.
Synopsis
Includes an original Sookie Stackhouse story
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK!
TALES OF PARANORMAL R and R BY
JEFF ABBOTT L. A. BANKS JEANIENE FROST
CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN CHRIS GRABENSTEIN CHARLAINE HARRIS
TONI L. P. KELNER KATIE MacALISTER A. LEE MARTINEZ
SHARAN NEWMAN LILITH SAINTCROW SARAH SMITH
DANIEL STASHOWER
Because everyoneand everythingneeds a break from the routine, Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner offer postcards from the edge of the paranormal world
It really can be an endless summerif youre immortal. Though a vampire would be ill-advised to take a cruise to Bermuda, the possibilities for getting away from it alland maybe snacking on some unsuspecting touristare many
With thirteen talesincluding a weekend getaway in Mississippi for Sookie Stackhouse and her vampire friend PamHarris and Kelner bring together a stellar collection of tour guides who offer vacations frightening, funny, and touching
for the fanged, the furry, the demonic, and the grotesque.
About the Author
George R. R. Martin has been called “the American Tolkien,” and his books, including the volumes in his landmark A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series, have been on bestseller lists around the world and are now a series on HBO. He’s won four Hugo Awards, two Nebula Awards, the World Fantasy Award, and the Bram Stoker Award. As editor, he’s produced the very long-running Wild Cards original anthology series as well as the New Voices series and others. He’s also worked for Hollywood and television, being part of the creative team behind such shows as Beauty and the Beast and the new The Twilight Zone.
Gardner Dozois has won fifteen Hugo Awards and twenty-eight Locus Awards for his editing work, plus two Nebula Awards and the Sidewise Award for his own writing. He was the editor of the leading science fiction magazine Asimov’s Science Fiction for twenty years and is also the editor of the annual anthology series The Year’s Best Science Fiction, now in its Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection. He is the author or editor of more than a hundred books.