Vampires

The Recent Undead

De: Charlaine Harris, Jeanne C. Stein, Carrie Vaughn, Holly Black, Karen Russell, Tanya Huff, Charles de Lint, Rachel Caine

Narrado por: Bahni Turpin, Jonathan Davis, Khristine Hvam, Suzanne Toren, Marc Vietor, Josh Hurley, Edoardo Ballerini

The undead are more alive today than ever. Immortal? Indeed! Nothing has sunk its teeth into 21st century popular culture as pervasively as the vampire. The fangsters have the freedom to fly across all genres and all mediums - there's even apps for vamps. Whether roaming into romance, haunting horror, sneaking into science fiction, capering into humor, meandering through mystery - no icon is more versatile than the vampire. Slake your insatiable thirst with the best sanguinary stories of the new millennium: terrifying or tender, deadly or delicious, bad-ass or beneficent, classic or cutting-edge.

Full list of authors: Holly Black, Michael Marshall Smith, Charles de Lint, J.A. Konrath, Kelley Armstrong, Tanith Lee, Rachel Caine, Jeanne C. Stein, Stephen Dedman, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Tanya Huff, Conrad Williams, Susan Sizemore, Tina Rath, Mary Turzillo, Carrie Vaughn, Barbara Roden, Charlaine Harris, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Albert Cowdrey, Nisi Shawl, Kim Newman, Grove Karen Russell, Nancy Kilpatrick, and John Langan.

The full list of narrators includes: Bahni Turpin, Jonathan Davis, Kevin Pariseau, Susan Duerden, Khristine Hvam, Victor Villar-Hauser, Suzanne Toren, Marc Vietor, Josh Hurley, and Edoardo Ballerini.

©2011 Paula Guran (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

excellent vampire story spectrum

The differing presentation and thoroughly imaginative scenarios, styles, and perspectives of vampire kind make this anthology particularly enjoyable. With the beginning of each story you have a clear pallette because there are almost no stereotypical leanings throughout. If you can ignore the hackneyed cover art I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys vampire fiction at its broadest and most creative. If you are looking for vampire action and bloodbath escapades in eastern European settings - I would suggest dipping in a different pool of authors.

Good value for a lot of stories

Any additional comments?

This is a overall great collection there are som duds there are some gems.

A little dar for me

Some great stories, Some very bad stories. Very disturbed by a story about a monster that cut up a 13 year old girl, small enough for her body to fit in a box, because he didn't like his toys to fight back. Would not recommend to the average reader.

mostly great some amazing a few skippable lemons

I found some of the stories awesome, most were great a few were just dull porn pretending to be stories.

Not Bad

Where does Vampires rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This ranks about the middle. the book is not as bad as some i have read. these ARE short stories.

Any additional comments?

It takes all types of authors to make a story....

Inconsistent

Some really good stories here, but also several that were just no fun to read.

what a great read

If you like vampires, this collection of short stories will really tickle your fancy. It also introduced me to several great authors that I now love. I had such fun listening to these stories, and the great collection on narrators. Have fun!

Great Number of Above Average Stories

While there are a few stories that seem like the author didn't know how to properly end them, the majority are excellent tales. Very different takes on what it is to be Vampire.

Audio Book Incomplete

Would you try another book from the authors and/or the narrators?

Yes

Was Vampires worth the listening time?

Yes

Any additional comments?

The last story in Part 2 of the book was incomplete. No continuation of the story in Part 3 of the book.

Something for everyone

This is a collection of some of the most talented writers in the genera along with some of the best readers. Highly recommended.