Many Bloody Returns
Tales of Birthdays With Bite

Harry Dresden, the mage who protects Chicago from the denizens of the dark, grew up with terrible family experiences. His birthday celebrations ranged from bad to nil. At one point he learned that he had a half-brother. At about the same time he learned that this brother was a vampire….albeit one of......more

This is a nice anthology of vampire stories with the unlikely unifying theme of birthday celebrations. Many of the stories belong to supernatural urban fantasy series, and I suspect fans of those series will like the individual offerings here. I remember enjoying the stories by Kelley Armstrong, co-......more

Vampire Hoursby Elaine Viets ★★★★★ This story had me on tenderhooks, I was fully invested. A middle age woman at the end of her marriage meets a vampire. It was fantasy, but it was also painfully honest. The First Day of the Rest of Your Lifeby Rachel Caine ★★★★½ That was a highly entertaining YA s......more

1) Dracula Night by Charlaine Harris. What the heck is an 'Entergy bill'? I think she meant energy bill but still to see that in the very first story, first page was an major eye-blink moment. Playful and a bit ridiculous but a fun read. I have yet to read the Sookie Stackhouse novels but have seen......more

Overall, I'm giving Many Bloody Returns three stars, but that's for the general quality of the three stories I read, the value of the theme, and the collection of popular authors. Since all of these stories seem to be set in continuing series, I only read the ones for series I read, since these are......more