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Down these Strange Streets

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In "Death by Dahlia," #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris takes vampire Dahlia Lynley-Chivers to a lavish party that turns deadly. And with so many different creatures of the night in attendance, Dahlia will have a hard time identifying the most likely suspect.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs thrills in "In Red, with Pearls," as a werewolf PI races to crack a case involving zombies, witches, and the most horrifying creatures of them all-lawyers.

In "Lord John and the Plague of Zombies," New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon follows Lord John as he journeys to the beautiful but faintly sinister island paradise of Jamaica, where he's soon investigating a mystery with no shortage of spiders, snakes, revolutionaries, and, of course, zombies.

With these and thirteen more original tales, Down These Strange Streets takes you to the cities where fantasy and mystery collide and where private eyes who have seen it all find something lurking that is stranger still....

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Release dateOct 4, 2011
ISBN9781455830473
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George R. R. Martin

George R.R. Martin is the author of fifteen novels and novellas, including five volumes of A Song of Ice and Fire, several collections of short stories, as well as screenplays for television and feature films. Dubbed ‘the American Tolkien’, George R.R. Martin has won numerous awards including the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is an Executive Producer on HBO’s Emmy Award-winning Game of Thrones, which is based on his A Song of Ice and Fire series. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I loved this collection of short stories, which I actually "read" as a book on CD. As stated in the opening essay - there's been a lot of "urban fantasy" written recently where vampires and werewolves are alive, well and living in St. Louis or Toronto (only the fae seem to like LA) and the bump in the night really is created by ghosts, ghouls, goblins. In addition to short visits to the worlds created by known favorite authors (particularly the one by Patricia Briggs), I was introduced to several new authors where my next impulse was to go see what my local library held. I'm planning to copy the story introductions and add them to the stack of books I haven't gotten to yet.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Overall an enjoyable collection of stories that mix urban fantasy with detective mysteries. In some cases, having read other books in the series the story is an offshoot from would definitely help. A couple of them are difficult to get orientated in without that reading. But I did enjoy the collection, and there are some great authors who contributed.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    My favorites were Death by Dahlia and Hellbender. While I picked it up for the Briggs Story I was surprised what an overbearing manipulative asshole Warren was in the story. I like he and Kyle less now.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5

    George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, neither of which are names I instantly associate with urban fantasy, edit this collection of short stories. Martin makes the claim in the introduction that Urban Fantasy is the bastard child of two genres: Noir and Horror. I can see his point, to a degree, and with that in mind this is an anthology of urban fantasy mystery stories, ranging from a Holmes-esque victorian mystery, through some a lovecraftian horror that read like it was by Walter Mosley.

     Overall a successful mix (and just what I needed to reboot me out of my reading slump - the tip to try some shorts was a good idea, and I think I'll be hitting the library for a few more of these anthologies before I try any novels again for a bit.)

     

    Mathematically, it averages out to a solid 3, but I think the really good stories lift the entire collection more than the ones I didn't like dragged it down. So it gets an extra half star for just flat out making me happy (and more in the mood to read again).

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Average with some good ones, King, Stirling mixed in.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I loved this collection of short stories, which I actually "read" as a book on CD. As stated in the opening essay - there's been a lot of "urban fantasy" written recently where vampires and werewolves are alive, well and living in St. Louis or Toronto (only the fae seem to like LA) and the bump in the night really is created by ghosts, ghouls, goblins. In addition to short visits to the worlds created by known favorite authors (particularly the one by Patricia Briggs), I was introduced to several new authors where my next impulse was to go see what my local library held. I'm planning to copy the story introductions and add them to the stack of books I haven't gotten to yet.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    A collection of stories by mostly well-known authors, purportedly all detectives in urban fantasy stories. In actual fact, many of these stories are not set anywhere near cities, several have no magical or supernatural elements, and at least two are neither urban nor fantasy. So I'm not actually sure what selection criteria GRR Martin was using. I don't feel like I wasted my time reading this, but I also don't feel particularly satisfied. I really liked seeing more of Kyle and Warren in Briggs's "In Red, with Pearls", although too many of the clues were unstated so that the mystery's end could be surprising. My favorite of this collection was Hanover's "The difference between a puzzle and a mystery," which was creepy but somehow also comforting.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The best mixed author collection I’ve read in some time. Being able to bring good, well known authors in helps a great deal.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This turned out to be a really well done, well chosen collection of short stories. I found some new authors I want to try. I also decided to read some authors I was hemming and hawing about getting around to reading.

    The stories were well crafted and interesting. Most of the short story collections I have been reading lately have left me with the feeling the phone call consisted of the author saying "Short story collection? Sure." then reaching in the pile of "This is not going to fly as part of the plot" pile and yanking out something they tried to do and failed at doing well enough to be in the book. Then mailing it off with a grin and a "I'm going to get paid for this turkey". And some fool did indeed pay them.

    This book didn't have that feel at all. Instead the stories were full, well crafted and interesting. They were solid. It's a keeper. And very surprising in this age where short story collections seem to be thrown together with names of best selling writers so their fan will buy the book, devil take the content.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The short stories in this one have teeth - and they're not using them for smiling. Grabbed it for the short story "In Red, with Pearls" by Patricia Briggs featuring P.I. Warren Smith and lawyer boyfriend Kyle (which I enjoyed), and was short time to give the rest a thorough read. Skimming didn't do them justice though, so I'll be back for a closer look, but if you like your urban fantasy dark, I can pretty safely say this collection may be just your cup of tea.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I only listened to the Patricia Briggs short featuring Warren, called In Red, with Pearls, narrated by Phil Gigante. Most cool. Short story set in the Mercy Thompson world from werewolf Warren's point of view. Someone has tried to kill his lover Kyle and Warren uses both his PI and wolf skills to find the bad guy and keep his mate safe. Warren and Kyle are great characters and I'd happily read/listen to more about them. An excellent little story.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Some were good, others I didn't get past the first page. And not all of them were actually Urban Fantasy (Gabaldon's Lord John in 18th century Jamaica? Dashiell Hammett and an unnamed narrator in WWII Alaska?) Enjoyable bits of mystery among the longer stuff I am reading right now. And I will definitely check out Conn Iggulden.