Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories Presented by the Horror Writers Association

Author - Charlaine Harris ... [Goo?] [Posters]
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This Paperback Book item from Pocket was reviewed on 16-Oct-2008.

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1) Paperback Book Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories Presented by the Horror Writers Association by Pocket. Horror isn´t really my prefered genre. This anthology makes me think maybe there´s a reason for that.

As with any multi-author anthology, the quality of the stories varies. Jim Butcher´s Day Off and Kelly Armstrong´s The Ungrateful Dead are amusing additions to the popular Dresden Files and Women of the Otherworld series, but with few exceptions, the rest of the stories range from boring to just plain bad, with occasional ´disgusting´ thrown in for variety. (I´m not sure why ´horror´ equals ´being offensively crude when describing women´, but apparently it does.) I say skip it unless you´re a very committed Dresden Files or Jamie Vegas fan.¤

2) Paperback Book Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories Presented by the Horror Writers Association by Pocket. I bought this book solely for the Kelley Armstrong story. Regardless of which woman of the otherworld narrated it, I would have bought it. Lucky for me, it was my favorite woman of the otherworld, Jaime Vegas. I´ve enver been disappointed by anything of Kelley´s. There is always humor, though most of the time dark. And there is action (note: usually less action in Jaime´s stories than others). This book is worth the money spent for this story alone.

Sorry guys... haven´t had time to read the rest.¤

3) Paperback Book Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories Presented by the Horror Writers Association by Pocket. It was nearly Halloween, I noticed Charlaine Harris and Jim Butcher who have written other things I have enjoyed so I picked up this anthology. I am very happy that I was at the library and not a book store so I am not out any cash but I would certainly like the evening I spent with this back again.

Most of the stories are boring or gross, some manage to be both. A few are clever and worth the time spent reading them, ´Elvis Presley and the Bloodsucker Blues´,´No Problem´, ´An Evening with Al Gore´. Devoted fans of THE DRESDEN FILES will enjoy ´Day Off´. That makes four out of twenty-one stories that are worth the effort to read. There are about eight of the stories that I would like to have permanently excised from my memory.

If you really want to read this check it out from a library don´t waste your money buying it, even from the discount table where it will certainly appear shortly.¤

4) Paperback Book Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories Presented by the Horror Writers Association by Pocket. I mostly got this book for the offering by Jim Butcher, but I felt it a disservice to the other authors if I didn´t read the rest. Granted, the other stories are a mixed bag in terms of quality, and some of the humor is of the splatter and potty-joke variety, but it´s still worth a reading if you want an easy giggle and a mild case of the shudders:

"The Ungrateful Dead" -- A Necromancer finds a clever way to ward off a pesky spirit and his zombie cousin.

"Mr. Bear" -- The unnerving true story of a celebrity bear gone bad.

"Hell in a Handbasket" -- A surprise delivery to the infernal gates winds up more than the nether regions can handle

"The Eldritch Pastiche from Beyond the Shadow of Horror" -- Part tongue-in-cheek parody of H.P. Lovecraft´s works, part shivery meta-fiction.

"Elvis Presley and the Bloodsucker Blues" -- What happens when the King of Rock and Roll becomes a king of the night...

"No Problem" -- A mad scientist´s descendant discovers his heritage and starts to experiment with his findings... with disastrous results.

"Old School" -- A ritual gone wrong when the practitioners failed to read the fine print...

"A Sound of Blunder" -- A gleefully splatter-laden parody of Ray Bradbury´s "A Sound of Thunder" featuring two inept gangster-wannabes´ attempts to make a bad deal go away.

"An Evening with Al Gore" -- A satiric look at going green -- and what happens when the preternatural fights back to protect the natural.

"Dear Prudence" -- A blackly witty tale in letters as a man contemplates offing his shrewish wife...

"A Good Psycho is Hard to Find" -- A spoof on chainsaw murderer flicks -- and a rip on who the real psychos might be..

"High Kicks and Misdemeanors" -- A skeezy talent scout finds a strange use for a gift left to him by his Native American uncle.

"PR Problems" -- A ghoul gives us a look into the sorry lot he has in being overshadowed by other, cooler preternatural beings.

"Where Angels Fear to Tread" -- An office worker is called to a higher order when he picks up a mysterious sacred coin.

"A Very Special Girl" -- A group of Damon Runyon-esque paranormal gangsters juggle a sticky bit of bookmaking with a dame you don´t want to mess with.

"Love Seat Solitaire" -- A shivery duel between a group of slackers and an angry old poltergeist.

"I Know Who You Ate Last Summer" -- A pair of washed-up rock stars´ foray into the Other white meat comes up to bite them.

"Bitches of the Night" -- Ever wondered what it must really be like for Dracula and his brides? Here´s a sneak peek into the other side of the coffin lid...

"The Bell... FROM HELL!" -- A nerve-jangler featuring a man with a shockingly simple demonic artifact... and where the real horrors lurk.

"Dead Hand" -- A car-racing crew member tries to get his team ahead by resorting to Cherokee magic, but only annoys the spirit he calls up.

"Day Off" -- Jim Butcher´s Harry Dresden is looking forward to a relaxing day with his lady friend... but life on both sides of the Never-Never has other plans for him.¤

5) Paperback Book Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories Presented by the Horror Writers Association by Pocket. I found very little humor in these stories, any "twists" there were could be seen coming a mile away, and the only horror involved seems to be a distressing interest in bodily functions of various kinds. I DID enjoy Jim Butcher´s story; he seems to never fail me. Just was not up to my expectations after reading previous anthologies with some of the same writers.¤

6) Paperback Book Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories Presented by the Horror Writers Association by Pocket.

...a collection of entertaining tales that puts the fun back into dark fiction, with ironic twists and tongue-in-cheek wit to temper the jagged edge.

Charlaine Harris reveals the dark side of going green, when a quartet of die-hard environmentalists hosts a fundraiser with a gory twist in "An Evening with Al Gore"...In an all-new Dresden Files story from Jim Butcher, when it comes to tracking deadly paranormal doings, there´s no such thing as a "Day Off" for the Chicago P.D.´s wizard detective, Harry Dresden...Sherrilyn Kenyon turns a cubicle-dwelling MBA with no life into a demon-fighting seraph with one hell of an afterlife in "Where Angels Fear to Tread"...Celebrity necromancer Jaime Vegas is headlining a sold-out séance tour, but behind the scenes, a disgruntled ghost has a bone to pick, in Kelley Armstrong´s "The Ungrateful Dead." Plus tales guaranteed to get under your skin -- in a good way -- from

Janet Berliner Don D´Ammassa Nancy Holder Nancy KilpatrickJ. A. Konrath and F. Paul Wilson Joe R. Lansdale Will LudwigsenSharyn McCrumb Mark Onspaugh Mike Resnick Steven SavileD. L. Snell Eric James Stone Jeff Strand Lucien Soulban Matt Venne Christopher Welch

So let the blood flow and laughter reign -- because when it comes to facing our deepest, darkest fears, a little humor goes a long way!¤

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