Toni L P Kelner

Charlaine Harris' #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse novels are a cultural phenomenon, spawning a blockbuster TV show and enthralling millions of devoted fans around the world.Here, Harris and co-editor Toni L.P. Kelner invite a cadre of authors to delve deeper into the shadows of Bon Temps with fifteen short stories set in the world of Sookie Stackhouse ranging from the dramatic to the delightful. Just some of the stories you'll experience within include…Purely platonic police officers Kevin Pryor and Kenya Jones find themselves out of their jurisdiction and out of luck when their pursuit of a blood-poisoned killer vampire leads them into the realm of the undead criminal underworld in Rachel Caine's "Nobody's Business."In Leigh Evans' hilarious "Extreme Makeover Vamp Edition," uber-fashionable reality TV hosts Todd Seabrook and Bev Leveto are recruited by Eric Northman to do the impossible: bestow a whole new look upon a his very old, very unwilling, and very cranky vampiric bride-to-be…Vampire Bubba may not be King of Rock 'n Roll anymore, but he knows enough to know he isn't exactly the brightest bulb on the bayou. Unfortunately, he proves himself all too right when, in the middle of an important rescue mission, he gets sidetracked in Bill Crider's "Don't Be Cruel."At Christmastime, fast-talking half-demon Diantha is tasked by her Uncle Desmond to look into why his favored mortal, Sookie, isn't decking the halls—and soon discovers that someone is trying to make the holidays a big humbug in "The Real Santa Claus" by Leigh Perry.Full of magic, fierce creatures, and insatiable desires, this collection of short stories set in the world of Sookie Stackhouse will have fans clamoring for more.

The Fangborn are werewolves, vampires, and oracles dedicated to protecting humanity. Known as "Pandora's Orphans," the Fangborn Family is the hope that was left behind when evil was released into the world. Through the millennia, they've tracked and fought that evil in secret.Since 2008, and the publication of "The Night Things Changed," ten award-winning tales of the Fangborn have been published in best-selling anthologies and magazines. They are collected here for the first time, with an all-new adventure, never before published. Nationally best-selling author Dana Cameron writes across many genres, but especially crime and speculative fiction. Her work, inspired by her career in archaeology, has won multiple Anthony, Agatha, and Macavity Awards, and has been nominated for the Edgar Award. Several of Dana's archaeology mysteries appear as the "Emma Fielding Mysteries" on the Hallmark Movie & Mystery Channel."The Fangborn are unlike any other fictional werewolves and vampires either of us have ever seen, and trust us when we say we've seen a lot of werewolf and vampire fiction. Then Dana took that original concept, added historical depth, and extrapolated beautifully to create her world. It's an amazing achievement."- Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner, from the ForewordPraise for Seven Kinds of Hell"...a fresh series debut that should appeal to urban fantasy fans looking for something a bit different from the generic werewolf tale." Library Journal"Cameron's bright prose is a refreshing treat in the first in her Fangborn series. Readers will enjoy the thrills and spills of archaeologist heroine Zoe Miller as she discovers the surprising delights of werewolfism and the meaning of artifacts dating back to Pandora's Box." RT Book Reviews

Welcome Back to Byerly Collected together for the first time, the seven stories in Crooked as a Dog's Hind Leg make up a new anthology of short stories set in and around Laura Fleming's own Byerly, North Carolina. The stories feature fan favorite characters such as Sue Randolph, Wynette Weston, Belva Tucker, and Byerly police chief Junior Norton, in addition to all the quirky aunts, uncles, and cousins that make up the extended Burnette family.It includes two Laura Fleming stories, as well as the Agatha Award-nominated "The Death of Erik the Redneck" and the Anthony and Macavity awards-nominated "Bible Belt." Packed with the same smart, witty storytelling that's made the Laura Fleming mystery series a hit with readers and reviewers alike, Crooked as a Dog's Hind Leg is a true Byerly homecoming.