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This patchwork anthology of 13 new vampire stories proves that heavyweight contributors can give some substance to a relatively slight theme. Harris (the Sookie Stackhouse novels), Kelner (the Laura Fleming mysteries) and 11 other writers with serious vamp credentials craft stories around the concept of birthdays for bloodsuckers. Most of the tales only blow out candles in passing, as with P.N. Elrod's Grave-Robbed, which mixes pathos and comedy as vampire PI Jack Fleming busts a phony medium mid-séance, and Tanya Huff's Blood Wrapped, in which Henry Fitzroy's search for the ideal gift for a vampire's 40th mixes with his pursuit of a human kidnapper. Christopher Golden takes birthdays to heart in his poignant coming-of-age story, The Mournful Cry of Owls, while Kelley Armstrong proposes in Twilight that a vampire's real birthday is the date of transformation from mortal to immortal. Fans of the many series vampires on parade here will be undeterred by the variable quality of their adventures. (Sept.)
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Experienced genre hands ensure the high quality of 13 stories about birthdays and vampires. The opening story uses Charlaine Harris' series star Sookie Stackhouse, who, as the only nonvampire at a Dracula's birthday ball, finds herself on the menu. Dropping by a role-playing party with his brother's present, Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden must deal with deadly party crashers. A pair of vampires tracks down a serial killer in Toni L. P. Kelner's "How Stella Got Her Grave Back." More chillingly, a vampire knows she must kill to live another year but is strangely reluctant in Kelly Armstrong's "Twilight," and in Elaine Viets' humorous "Vampire Hours," a woman deliberately chooses damnation. Murray, Frieda --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Ace Trade; Reprint edition (February 3, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0441016758
  • ISBN-13: 978-0441016754
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (91 customer reviews)
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60 of 64 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The Superstars Shine...mostly, September 6, 2007
By R. A. MCDANIEL (Honolulu, HI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Many Bloody Returns (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) (Hardcover)
This anthology features some of the superstars of the paranormal genre writing about their most popular characters - Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse), Jim Butcher (Harry Dresden), Kelley Armstrong (Cassandra du Charme from the women of the Otherworld universe), PN Elrod (Jack Fleming), Tanya Huff (Tony and Henry Fitzroy), and Rachel Caine (Eve Rosser from the Morganville Vampires books) - along with some other fairly recognizable authors such as Christopher Golden and Jeanne Stein. It was the superstars who made this anthology worth buying. Their stories were, with the exception of Ms. Harris' contribution (which seemed quickly thrown together and unsatisfying), well crafted and engrossing, providing deeper insight into the characters which will make reading future installments of their series even more enjoyable. Some of the other stories left me cold (such as The Mournful Cry of Owls) and others, like Jeanne Stein's "The Witch and the Wicked" were so interesting and original I will definitely be looking at the author's other works.

All anthologies have their weak moments but this one has less than usual due to the high caliber of the contributors, with a good 2/3 of the stories being excellent or better. It's a must read for devoted fans of any of the series included.
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48 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Vampires, Witches and Birthday Wishes, October 14, 2007
By Cherise Everhard (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Many Bloody Returns (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) (Hardcover)
This is an anthology of 13 stories, each containing some sort of supernatural element and birthday theme.

Dracula Night by Charlaine Harris
The Mournful Cry of Owls by Christopher Golden
I Was a Teenage Vampire by Bill Crider
Twilight by Kelley Armstrong
It's My Birthday, Too by Jim Butcher
Grave-Robbed by P.N. Elrod
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life by Rachel Caine
The Witch and the Wicked by Jeanne C. Stein
Blood Wrapped by Tanya Huff
The Wish by Carolyn Haines
Fire and Ice and Linguini for Two by Tate Hallaway
Vampire Hours by Elaine Viets
How Stella got her Grave Back by Toni L.P. Kelner

I bought this collection of short stories for the tales told by Charlaine Harris and Tate Hallaway as each is part of a their series I read religiously. I had never heard of or read anything by the other 11 authors, but after reading these short stories I will be checking out many of their other books. None of the stories were horrible; in fact almost all were magnificent, leaving only one or two that were just OK. This past week I really didn't have time to read a 'normal' book; this was the perfect book to pick up when I had a few minutes. I found this book wonderfully imaginative and very enjoyable.
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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice set of short stories, November 10, 2007
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This review is from: Many Bloody Returns (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) (Hardcover)
I bought this simply because of the Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher and Tanya Huff stories that were in it. However, I ended up enjoying almost every other story in it. It caused me to go out and purchase Tate Hallaway's books as well. The Jim Butcher tale was awesome. The Tanya Huff story was cute. It also gave me a new appreciation for Kelley Armstrong, whom I'd previously read but disliked. In general, I don't tend to like short stories, but I absolutely loved this collection and would recommend it to anyone who likes Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Tate Hallway or Tanya Huff.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Christmas Gift
I purchased this 8 books in all that were about the Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood series ass a christmas gift for my daughter. Read more
Published 10 days ago by Donna Joy

1.0 out of 5 stars I didn't think I would find a boring Sookie Stackhouse book but......
Don't waste your money. If you were planning on finding more entertaining stories along the lines of Harris' Sookie Stackhouse novels, forget about it! I wasted my money.
Published 1 month ago by Emily S. Reinach-lannan

3.0 out of 5 stars If you are short on reading material.................
I am an avid reader of this genre and so I was rather disappointed with this collection. Maybe it's just mw but I didn't really get into the stories nor did they make me want to... Read more
Published 2 months ago by chantal

1.0 out of 5 stars Please DO NOT waste your money on this book. IT is BAD!
Please DO NOT waste your money on this book. IT is BAD!
The first few stories are so bad, is not even funny. Read more
Published 2 months ago by P. Robinson

2.0 out of 5 stars not impressed
I follow the sookie stackhouse collection and this story was so short it felt like the story didn't start till the last couple sentences. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Abigail G. Metzker

3.0 out of 5 stars Great for light reading
This is a great book for people who don't have time to sit down and read a thick novel. It is compiled of several short stories that can be read in one sitting. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Treasures from Toni

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
I'll admit it....I bought this book for the Sookie Stackhouse story. I'm a big Charlaine Harris fan and having read all of her books, I wanted to read her short stories... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Sonia Hawkins

5.0 out of 5 stars Many Bloody Returns
Entertaining and fun. Vampires celebrating birthdays! I am recommending this book to my family and friends.
Published 3 months ago by S. Martinez

5.0 out of 5 stars good read!!!
This is a wonderful book.
I've enjoyed reading some new authors I had'nt read.
Charlaine Harris has proven that she is also a talented
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Published 4 months ago by broomcollector

3.0 out of 5 stars Read only 2 stories
13 stories in this anthology have a theme in common - vampire birthdays. I didn't really read the entire book, simply because after a few trials and errors I realized that I... Read more
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