Death's Excellent Vacation

All New Tales of Paranormal R & R

De: Various, Charlaine Harris - editor, Toni L. P. Kelner - editor

Narrado por: Nicole Poole, Kevin T. Collins

The editors of Wolfsbane and Mistletoe and Many Bloody Returns deliver a new collection - including a never-before-published Sookie Stackhouse story.

New York Times best-selling authors Charlaine Harris, Katie MacAlister, Jeaniene Frost - plus Lilith Saintcrow, Jeff Abbott, and more - send postcards from the edge of the paranormal world to fans who devoured Wolfsbane and Mistletoe and Many Bloody Returns.

With an all-new Sookie Stackhouse story and 12 other original tales, editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner bring together a stellar collection of tour guides who offer vacations that are frightening, funny, and touching for the fanged, the furry, the demonic, and the grotesque. Learn why it really can be an endless summer - for immortals.

Charlaine Harris, Inc., Toni L. P. Kelner, and Tekno Books (Volume); Copyright 2010 by Charlaine Harris, Inc., and Toni L. P. Kelner (Introduction); Copyright 2010 by Charlaine Harris, Inc. (“Two Blondes”); Copyright 2010 by Sarah Smith (“The Boys Go Fishing”); Copyright 2010 by Jeaniene Frost (“One for the Money”); Copyright 2010 by Daniel Stashower (“Meanwhile, Far Across the Caspian Sea...”); Copyright 2010 by A. Lee Martinez (“The Innsmouth Nook”); Copyright 2010 by Jeff Abbott (“Safe and Sound”); Copyright 2010 by L. A. Banks (“Seeing is Believing”); Copyright 2010 by Katie MacAlister (“The Perils of Effrijim”); Copyright 2010 by Christopher Golden (“Thin Walls”); Copyright 2010 by Lilith Saintcrow (“The Heart Is Always Right”); Copyright 2010 by Chris Grabenstein (“The Demon in the Dunes”); Copyright 2010 by Sharan Newman (“Home From America”); Copyright 2010 by Toni L. P. Kelner (“Pirate Dave’s Haunted Amusement Park”)

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KUDOS TO NARRATOR NICOLE POOLE

Without her I would have skipped some fun reads, wish she had done every story.

Deaths excellent vacation collection

Great collection of odd but entertaining stories. Enjoyed both narrators. All the stories had different themes and relatable characters

As usual, I like Charlaine Harris & Toni L.P. Kelner…

Most of the stories were rather boring and droned on like they were second thoughts from some of the authors.

I skipped through a lot except for Two Blondes (Good story, awful reader, definitely not the Sookie voice we all know and love!), The Perils of Effrijimm (rather cute, who knew a demon liked being a dog!), Home From America (different take on leprechauns!), and Pirate Dave’s Haunted Amusement Park (Ahoy Matey!)

Still, this made for reasonably good listening as I made my daily hour-long commute to and from work.

Ran the gamut

I found these either good or bad, with little in between. There is, at least, a Table of Contents. Most of the shorts clock in around an hour, half barely connected to the assignment (a vacation related paranormal short), and a third feature series characters but don’t use the same narrator as the series. As a result, I liked less than a quarter and can’t recommend this collection, except for free.

1.Two Blondes by Charlaine Harris and Toni Reiner - Sookie and Pam practice “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” with beefcake reviews and stripper-poles.
2. The Boys Go Fishing by Sarah Smith - “I stole my wife from the iguana and pretended to be human. We went fishing and we caught loneliness.” Some sort of Chinese folktale?? I didn’t get it.
3. One for the Money by Jeanine Frost - featuring vampires Cat and Bones and the sex- focused, ditzy- girl centric flavor that showed me how not-for-me the Night Huntress series is. 1 sex scene.
4. Meanwhile, Far Across the Caspian Sea by Daniel Stashower - This one missed the point of the vacation theme; it was more of a love letter to authors and researchers.
5. The Innsmouth Nook by A. Lee Martinez A quirky tale of two men, a bed and breakfast, and creatures of the deep. Goosebumps fun. ⭐️
6. Safe and Sound by Jeff Abbott - Remember Nicole Kidman in To Die For? Like that, but with a supernatural twist.⭐️
7. Seeing is Believing by L.A. Banks - Clunky story of a shifter hunt made cringe by white-collar narration for Cajun accents and street slang.
8. The Perils of Effrijim by Katie Mac Allister - available in other several other collections, this short features dog-demon Effrijim from the Aisling Grey series, but with a different narrator. I recommend instead the same title with narrators Saskia Maarveld and Scott Aiello.
9. Thin Walls by Christopher Golden - F bombs, sex, and horror… not very original.
10. The Heart is Always Right by Lilith Saintcrow my favorite - gargoyles and a unique tale. ⭐️⭐️
11. The Demon in the Dunes by Chris Grabenstein - 1975: sex, smokes, tatas, and demons.
12. Home from America by Sharan Newman - a magic convention revelation: meh execution
13. Pirate Dave’s Haunted Amusement Park by Toni L.P. Kelner

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not into erotica especially when it is a focus, not a part of the plot