Shadowed Souls

By: Jim Butcher - editor, Kerrie L. Hughes - editor

Narrated by: Jim Butcher, Julia Whelan, Emily Rankin, Justine Eyre, David de Vries, Mia Barron, Jon Lindstrom, Sumalee Montano, Mozhan Marnò, Karissa Vacker, MacLeod Andrews

In this dark and gritty collection—featuring short stories from Jim Butcher, Seanan McGuire, Kevin J. Anderson, and Rob Thurman—nothing is as simple as black and white, light and dark, good and evil..

Unfortunately, that’s exactly what makes it so easy to cross the line.

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher’s Cold Case, Molly Carpenter—Harry Dresden’s apprentice-turned-Winter Lady—must collect a tribute from a remote Fae colony and discovers that even if you’re a good girl, sometimes you have to be bad...

New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire’s Sleepover finds half-succubus Elsie Harrington kidnapped by a group of desperate teenage boys. Not for anything “weird.” They just need her to rescue a little girl from the boogeyman. No biggie.

In New York Times bestselling Kevin J. Anderson’s Eye of Newt, Zombie P.I. Dan Shamble’s latest client is a panicky lizard missing an eye who thinks someone wants him dead. But the truth is that someone only wants him for a very special dinner...

And New York Times bestselling author Rob Thurman’s infernally heroic Caliban Leandros takes a trip down memory lane as he deals wih some overdue—and nightmarish—vengeance involving some quite nasty Impossible Monsters.

ALSO INCLUDES STORIES BY

Tanya Huff * Kat Richardson * Jim C. Hines * Anton Strout * Lucy A. Snyder * Kristine Kathryn Rusch * Erik Scott de Bie *


Table of Contents and Cast List:
Introduction by Kerri Hughes, read by Julia Whelan
Foreword by Jim Butcher, read by Jim Butcher
COLD CASE by Jim Butcher, read by Julia Whelan
SLEEPOVER by Seanan McGuire, read by Emily Rankin
IF WISHES WERE by Tanya Huff, read by Justine Eyre
SOLUS by Anton Strout, read by David de Vries
PEACOCK IN HELL by Kat Richardson, read by Mia Barron
EYE OF NEWT by Kevin J. Anderson, read by Jon Lindstrom
WHAT DWELLS WITHIN by Lucy A. Snyder, read by Julia Whelan
HUNTER, HEALER by Jim C. Hines, read by Sumalee Montano
BAGGAGE by Erik Scott de Bie, read by Mozhan Marno
SALES. FORCE. By Kristine Kathryn Rusch, read by Karissa Vacker
IMPOSSIBLE MONSTERS by Rob Thurman, read by Macleod Andrews

Critic reviews

Praise for Jim Butcher and the Dresden Files

“Butcher is the dean of contemporary urban fantasy.”—Booklist

“Think Buffy the Vampire Slayer starring Philip Marlowe.”—Entertainment Weekly

Praise for Seanan McGuire

“The plot is strong, the characterization is terrific, the tragedies hurt...and McGuire's usual beautiful writing and dark humor are present and accounted for. This has become one of my favorite urban fantasy series.”—Fantasy Literature

Praise for Kevin J. Anderson

“Anderson's skill in delivering taut action scenes and creating well-rounded human and alien characters adds depth and variety to a series opener that belongs in most SF collections.”—Library Journal

Praise for Rob Thurman

“Thurman continues to deliver strong tales of dark urban fantasy.”—SFRevu

Very uneven quality

Story quality ranges from mediocre to awful. I am a big Jim Butcher fan, but he apparently is a bad editor.

A good book.

Good listen. At least 85 percent of the stories were pretty good and interesting. Two thumbs up.

A collection of SyFi Shorts

Enjoyable syfi short stories from your favorite authors. Easy listening. Its fun to see what wont make a novel but has enough to make a short

Not bad but not what I expected.

I found this book through The Dresden Files. The one story associated with that series was good. The others I listened to were tough to get into without having read their respective series.
Very good narrator.

Skip 'Eye of Newt' :(

I loved the variety of short stories, even though only 1 was from Dresden's world. Molly Carpender goes on her 1st assignment as the Winter Lady. 5-star shortie. I wish Mr Butcher would write more backstories involving Harry's associates, from their point of view. A whole book of a dozen stories like Molly's would be incredible! How's Michael dealing? What goes on inside Mouse's head? What issues has McCoy faced since joining the Senior Council? What's life been like for Harry's daughter since Mexico? Lara Wraith? John Marcone? Oh God, poor Murphy. *Note: Im starting "Skin Game" next, so maybe those ideas are yet to come.
I rarely give negative feedback... but I only made it half-way through "Eye of Newt" before realizing how utterly bored & irritated I was. I listen to all audiobooks 3x before moving on to new books, so I skipped this 2 more times. I suggest u do the same.