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Like a Charm
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2.0 (1 Ratings)
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I hated it. I read the first 3 or so stories, then skipped ahead to Kelley Armstrong's contribution, since she's the only reason I picked up the book.

If you like dark stories, almost horror but no gore, this book is for you. Otherwise, steer clear. I like the idea of interconnected stories, but I don't need so much of the bleak.
  
Seven Little Sons of the Dragon, A Collection of Seven Stories
Seven Little Sons of the Dragon, A Collection of Seven Stories
Ryoko Kui | 2019 | Comics & Graphic Novels
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7.0 (1 Ratings)
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This is a collection of seven short stories in manga format. Most of the stories were fine, considering the short length. My only real complaint is that the last story should not have been the last. The book should have ended maybe with one of the first few, instead. The stories were all fairly different from one another, which was nice.
  
Evevingland: Stories
Evevingland: Stories
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Michael Knight's a collection of short stories gives us the flavor of the many attributes of the city Mobile Alabama and a taste of some of its varied inhabitants, with some wild weather (both literally and figuratively) thrown in for good measure. See what I thought of these stories in my review of "Eveningland" here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2017/03/26/mobile-stories/
  
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Cumberland (1142 KP) rated 21 Proms in Books

Apr 11, 2019  
A Mixed Bag
This book contains 21 stories by 21 different authors. All of these stories center around Prom. This book was hard for me to review, because of how different each story is. Some of them were truly wonderful, however I think the vast majority of them were forgettable. I personally like character driven stories, and character development just isn't something that you see in a lot of short stories. Overall I don't regret reading this, but I probably won't pick it up again.
  
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John Berendt recommended Collected Stories in Books (curated)

 
Collected Stories
Collected Stories
Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry
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"Tennessee Williams’s short stories are eclipsed by his plays, but they are by no means outclassed. His ear for dialogue, his eye for character and his dramatic gifts are as powerful in his stories as they are in his plays. Like the plays, the stories are flavored with a connoisseur’s taste for the strange and bizarre, including cannibalism, incest, rape, castration, nymphomania, alcoholism and murder. My favorite among the stories is the fiendish “Desire and the Black Masseur,” but there are many, many runners-up."

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Other People's Darkness and other stories
Other People's Darkness and other stories
Nicholas Vince | 2014 | Horror
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9.0 (1 Ratings)
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A great collection of short horror stories.
This is an excellent collection of short stories of the macabre written by Nicholas Vince, who is probably best known for playing the Chatterer cenobite in the original Hellraiser films.
  
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Logan (76 KP) rated X-Men: Powerless in Books

Jan 14, 2019  
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X-Men: Powerless
Alan Davis | 2010
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4.0 (1 Ratings)
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The artwork is generally good, but the stories are choppy. Still, X-Men!