Crimes by Moonlight: "Dahlia Underground" (2010) Must Love Hellhounds: “The Britlingens Go to Hell” (2009) Wolfsbane and Mistletoe: “Gift Wrap” (2008) Unusual Suspects: Stories of Mystery & Fantasy : “Lucky” (2008) My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding: “Tacky” (2006) Many Bloody Returns: "Dracula Night" (2007) 5.1. Night's Edge “Dancers in the Dark” (2004+9) Powers of Detection: Stories of Mystery & Fantasy: “Fairy Dust” (2006) Dead Ever After (May 7, 2013) ~ final book.The reader is scared and on the edge of their seat one minute, then laughing out loud the next.įirst person narrative told by Sookie Stackhouse.An Urban Fantasy set in rural Lousiana, a cast of charming and wacky characters, a mystery at the heart of each book and s touch of romance.~ Heroes and Heartbreakers Lead's Species She also gave the whole paranormal world a sexied-up, homespun humor, even when the telepathic “Sookay” is running for her life. In what was officially called the Southern Vampire series, Harris took Sookie’s story outside the urban area to an imaginary rural crossroads town called Bon Temps, Louisiana, near Shreveport. ✥ Sookie Stackhouse first spilled out of her sundress twelve years ago, in 2001’s Dead Until Dark. From that point on, her life is changed forever. ✥ In this villageous, rather than urban, fantasy series, free-spirited, mind-reading Sookie is just a cocktail waitress in a small-town northern Louisiana bar until Vampire Bill sits down at one of her tables.
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She graduated Iowa State University in 2006 and moved to Minneapolis with her partner. Thus, she stepped into an English Major with some Women’s Studies on the side. Her head was full of ideas, full of original characters and worlds that she wanted to share with others. Soon she realized that she wanted to do more than that. This continued throughout college where she would always end up writing about the space exploits of the pilots of Gundam Wing and other works of fan fiction. She would write stories that ranged from high school romance to her imagination running wild with the likes of Goku, Vegeta, and the other characters of Dragonball Z. When she lost her older brother, Glenn Berry, in a car accident, she stopped writing.ĭreams, however, have a funny way of coming back.īefore she realized it she was grabbing her notebook and pens again. As she grew older they progressed into notebooks and colored ink pens of pink, blue, and purple. 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He began as a 1970s creation of Chris Claremont and John Byrne named Jason of Spartax, a humanoid alien prince whose spaceship crashed on Earth. As is custom with the comics publishing industry, Marvel has rebooted Peter Quill's father several times over the decades with his origins, motivations, and personality (and therefore his role in the wider Guardians story) changing along the way. As much as Andy doesn't want to get involved-anything to avoid a new case-he can't help but come to the rescue of a man who'd risk everything, even his life, to reunite with his dog. The man claims his life is in danger, and that's why he disappeared. But when the murdered man contacts Beth, asking for his dog back, Andy knows there must be more to the story. 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