A collection of entertaining tales that puts the fun back into dark fiction, with ironic twists and tongue-in-cheek wit to temper the jagged edge.
**Charlaine Harris** reveals the dark side of going green, when a quartet of die-hard environmentalists hosts a fundraiser with a gory twist in *An Evening with Al Gore*…In an all-new Dresden Files story from **Jim Butcher** , when it comes to tracking deadly paranormal doings, there’s no such thing as a *Day Off* for the Chicago P.D.’s wizard detective, Harry Dresden… **Sherrilyn Kenyon** turns a cubicle-dwelling MBA with no life into a demon-fighting seraph with one hell of an afterlife in *Where Angels Fear to Tread*…Celebrity necromancer Jaime Vegas is headlining a sold-out séance tour, but behind the scenes, a disgruntled ghost has a bone to pick, in **Kelley Armstrong’s** *The Ungrateful Dead.*
Plus tales guaranteed to get under your skin–in a good way!
*Mr. Bear* by Joe R. Lansdale
*Hell in a Handbasket* by Lucien Soulban
*The Eldritch Pastiche from Beyond the Shadow of Horror* by Christopher Welch
*Elvis Presley and the Bloodsucker Blues* by Matt Venne
*No Problem* by Don D’Ammassa
*Old School* by Mark Onspaugh
*The Sound of Blunder* by J.A. Konrath and F. Paul Wilson
*Dear Prudence* by Steven Savile
*A Good Psycho is Hard to Find* by Will Ludwigsen
*High Kicks and Misdemeanors* by Janet Berliner
*PR Problems* by Eric James Stone
*A Very Special Girl* by Mike Resnick
*Love Seat Solitaire* by D.L. Snell
*I Know Who You Ate Last Summer* by Nancy Holder
*Bitches of the Night* by Nancy Kilpatrick
*The Bell…FROM HELL!!!* by Jeff Strand
*Dead Hand* by Sharyn McCrumb
So let the blood flow and laughter reign — because when it comes to facing our deepest, darkest fears, a little humor goes a long way!