All of the following can be found in NAKED CITY, an urban fantasy anthology edited by ellen_datlow and published by St. Martin's Griffin.

108. Curses by Jim Butcher   This is perhaps one of the most light-hearted Harry Dresden tales to see print in the past few years. As the novels have grown darker  (not humorless, but darker), the short stories have somewhat ( Read more... )

Finishing up my thoughts on the individual stories in HAUNTED LEGENDS, edited by Nick Mamatas and ellen_datlow :

324. Return to Mariabronn by Gary A. Braunbeck  Braunbeck takes a risk in the telling of this story, by telling the narrative from, by my count, three different directions at once. They all converge in the end to give a complete story of a killing, a ( Read more... )

( stories 3-27 )