Down These Strange Streets: Stories of Urban Fantasy

Brief Description: All-new strange cases of death and magic in the city by some of the biggest names in urban fantasy. In this all-new collection of urban fantasy stories, the editors explore the places where mystery waits at the end of every alley and where the things that go bump in the night have something to fear. Brief Description: A collection of 17 short urban fantasy stories by various authors featuring vampires, werewolves, witches, zombies, and other creatures of the night. Biographical Note: George R. R. Martin has been called "the American Tolkien," and his books, including the volumes in his landmark A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series, have been on bestseller lists around the world and are now a series on HBO. He's won four Hugo Awards, two Nebula Awards, the World Fantasy Award, and the Bram Stoker Award. As editor, he's produced the very long-running Wild Cards original anthology series as well as the New Voices series and others. He's also worked for Hollywood and television, being part of the creative team behind such shows as Beauty and the Beast and the new The Twilight Zone. Gardner Dozois has won fifteen Hugo Awards and twenty-eight Locus Awards for his editing work, plus two Nebula Awards and the Sidewise Award for his own writing. He was the editor of the leading science fiction magazine Asimov's Science Fiction for twenty years and is also the editor of the annual anthology series The Year's Best Science Fiction, now in its Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection. He is the author or editor of more than a hundred books. Review Quotes: "Some of the top names in urban fantasy are joined by some of today's best historical mystery writers in this top-notch anthology."--"Publishers Weekly ""Urban fantasy in a nourish vein... This is a pretty strong collection."--"Locus" "There's lots [of stories], some in the past, some in the future, and all entertaining as you get to read old favorite characters or are introduced to new ones. I always enjoy anthologies for the variety in the stories and this one provides plenty, but all with a paranormal detective bent."--"News and Sentinel"Marc Notes: Stories of urban fantasy--Cover.; A collection of 17 short urban fantasy stories by various authors featuring vampires, werewolves, witches, zombies, and other creatures of the night. Publisher Marketing: In this collection of urban fantasy stories, editors George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois explore the places where mystery waits at the end of every alley and where the things that go bump in the night have something to fear . . . 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 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... Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 08/22/2011 (EAN 9780441020744, Hardcover)

Romantic Times 10/01/2011 pg. 102 (EAN 9780441020744, Hardcover)

Shelf Awareness 10/14/2011 (EAN 9780441020744, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Martin, George R R George R. R. Martin is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for his epic A Song of Ice and Fire series. Contributor Bio:  Dozois, Gardner Gardner Dozois, one of the most acclaimed editors in science-fiction, has won the Hugo Award for Best Editor 15 times. He was the editor of "Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" for 20 years. He is the editor of the "Year's Best Science Fiction" anthologies and co-editor of the "Warrior" anthologies, "Songs of the Dying Earth", and many others. As a writer, Dozois twice won the Nebula Award for best short story. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.