Many Bloody Returns

Never-before-published vampire stories by Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Kelley Armstrong, and many others. <br><br> Suspenseful, surprising, sometimes dark, sometimes humorous-these all-new stories will ensure that readers never think of vampires (or birthdays) in quite the same way again. <br><br> In <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Charlaine Harris's &quot;Dracula Night,&quot; Sookie Stackhouse is the only human at the annual commemoration of Dracula's birth. But this year, the Prince of Darkness actually shows up-and finds Sookie to be a tasty-looking present. <br><br> <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Jim Butcher's crime-solving wizard Harry Dresden, of the Dresden Files novels, heads to a role-playing party to give his vampire brother a birthday present in &quot;It's My Birthday Too,&quot; only to discover there are some bloodthirsty party crashers who don't share their brotherly love. <br><br> In &quot;Twilight,&quot; Cassandra DuCharme, who appeared in <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's <i>Dime Store Magic</i>, knows she has to kill to live as a vampire another year-but finds herself disturbingly disinterested in the hunt. <br><br> Plus ten more bloody good birthday stories that take the cake.