Many transformations in this one: people reborn as cats, cats reborn as people, and some who have tried both and need restoration to their preferred shape.

Barwood, Lee "A Woman of Her Word" - Tarberry, after a near-death experience in a breeding mill, uses new-found talents to help his rescuer.

Bell, Claire "A Tangled Tahitian Tail" - Told by the first European to set foot on Tahiti: the ship's cat.

de Lint, Charles "Saxophone Joe and the Woman in Black" - The sax player lost his woman when he stumbled across her true name - was she really human? And did he care?

Dunn, Marylois "Teddy Cat" - Cory Johnson's allergic - to everything her stepfather doesn't want her to have: ice cream, the teddy bear he destroyed. But Cory won't let him take the idea of Teddy Bear away from her - so the wild tom that befriends her is Teddy Cat.

Fontenay, Charles L. "Cat O' Nine Tales" - Adrian is a professional writer who makes a modest living through hard work. When Diana Colfax hired him through his agent to live at her family home and write her family history, he accepted the contract. But on his arrival, the situation at Nine Tales is fishy. A young man and woman greet him, saying that the old lady recently died and no arrangements were made for a book. Angered at having packed up his life, including his cat, for a long trip, then being fobbed off with an obvious lie (his agent's got the contract, only a week old, for goodness' sake), Adrian starts poking around. (The ending is somewhat rushed, but the setup is OK.)

Griffin, P.M. "Partners" - As indicated by the title, this is another Bastet story (as in Catfantastic 2 and 5), rather than the Trouble stories of 1 and 4. The cat facing Bastet before his next reincarnation has never had a human Partner in the full sense of the term. Not that he was physically abused in his past life, far from it; he spent his life as a pedigreed Persian, in show cages and stud cages, with excellent care but no affection.

Johnston III, John E. "...But a Glove" - With every full moon, Tom becomes a cat (a wayward gift shared by some descendants of Clan Chattan). Plays the devil with one's social life...

Inks, Caralyn "Fear in Her Pocket" - Jayle is called to help a camilicat shed her old life for a new one, but the price this time comes high.

Lackey, Mercedes "A Tail of Two Skittys" - See my review of her short story collection _Werehunter_, which contains all the Skitty stories to date.

Mayhar, Ardath "Hermione as Spy" - Hermione's first job as a wizard's familiar, fresh from school.

McConchie, Lyn "Moon Scent" - Tale of the dravencat Many Kills.

McQuillin, Cynthia "Cat's World" - Cat acts as Guardian of the Old Knowledge, preserving the laboratory where his kind were designed before the rest of the world ended, because of a prophecy that their creator had once traveled into their present, her future.

Miller, Ann; Rigley, Karen "Snake Eyes" - Lori's aunt and uncle recently died in a fire, survived by their cat, Silver, and their son, Ray. (No accident that her cousin comes second in that list.) But now the auditor hired as part of the proposed sale of the family business has been killed by a hit-and-run driver...

Miller, Sasha "One Too Many Cats" - Continues the tale of young wizard Ferdon, his wife, and his familiar. Ferdon's familiar was once a woman; she's now enduring life as a cat. (She's not much help as a familiar, has a hate / hate relationship with Ferdon's wife, and is *allergic* to cats even after her transformation). Ferdon, who's now aware of the nature of her problem, persuades his wife to help him return the cat to human form. At least, that was the idea...

Norton, Andre "Noble Warrior Meets with a Ghost" - "Noble Warrior" is the translation of Thargun's full name, a Siamese sent by a grateful Princess to young Emmy, the daughter of an Englishman who saved her father's life (see all Catfantastic volumes in sequence for his complete adventures). Here a thief seizes his traveling basket in a train station.

Reyes, Raul; Waters, Elisabeth "Connecticat" - The lama's young nephew hadn't learned the discipline necessary to successfully evade all the traps along the path to rebirth. When his uncle finally locates his reincarnation, he's a LONG way from home...

Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann "The Cat Quest of Mu Mao the Magnificent" - The secret valley of Shambala is the only haven left, after the world ended in blinding light and thunder. Mu Mao, who has achieved the highest state of enlightenment (rebirth as the last cat in the world), is, alas, now subject to feline urges - and having gone to so much trouble to get In to Shambala, he must now go Out.

Straub, Mary H. "The Cat, the Wizards, and the Bedpost" - A continuation of the Flax & Drop stories from 1 & 2 (which are concluded in 4). Drop, the stray accidentally changed into a human boy, may finally return to normal: the wizard who developed the keep-shape spell has asked Flax for help in another matter.

Schimel, Lawrence "To Skein a Cat" - The lonely Fates have adopted 3 kittens - and we all know about mixing kittens with thread.

Schwartz, Susan "Asking Mr. Bigelow" - Lisa isn't a cat person - she's more of a mouse: the kind of mouse who waits in lines forever while the cats get served first. Now she's suffering from a migraine after losing yet another promotion, and someone on the street directs her to Bigelow's (an upscale drugstore). But Mr. Bigelow is a cat, and he can see what she *really* needs for her problem. If you like this, try "Cat Tale" by Vicki Ann Heydron (M.Z.Bradley's _Greyhaven_ anthology).

I loved this continuation of stories about our most beloved pet-the cat. I especially liked the diversity of styles. Glad to see continuations of Skitty and Noble Warrior

Once again a delightful blend of authors have come up with tales about cats and the people who are owned by them. I always enjoy a collection of shorts and this was no exception!

This book was really good. I am a big Dean Koontz fan, and was wicked excited to see this book. However, this book has it's flaws: one major flaw is that it tells WAY too much stuff about his novels, i.e. secrets that you learn in the climax of the suspense are told throughout the book. What's more, it was made in 1994, it has missed a lot of newer books since then, including Dark Rivers of the Heart, Intensity, TickTock, Sole Survivor, Fear Nothing, Seize the Night, and False Memory. It should be revised every time Koontz comes out with a new book. There is plenty more I need to know about Koontz than is told here, therefore it could stand some improvements. Oh, well. All in all it was good.

Anyone who enjoys Mr Koontz's work should get a real kick out of this book. You come to know the forces that shaped him into the writer we have all come to love. If you're curious about what impact the grep had in his life, this book will tell you the answers (actually, it wont tell you anything...you have to read it...unless you get the book on audio cassette, then it will tell you) Seriously, this is a book I would highly recommend to anyone who would like to read a story of one mans struggle to recieve a paycheck for something he loves (an what a paycheck it must be!!) And he must be a hell-of-a-guy for his wife to do what she did for him. PLEASE BUY THIS BOOK AND ENJOY.

If you are a Dean Koontz reader, you must be curious where he got his unique imagination and peculiar style. This is a funny and creative explanation of his life and work. It is not just a chronological biography, but a creative touch of this and that. FULL OF HUMOR!

Berman, Ruth: "The Dragon's Skin" was the armor of the legendary hunter Nimrod (see book of Genesis), but the lady-knight Bradamant defeated its current incumbent once before - although she no longer has the enchanted weapon that previously tipped the balance. Some unrealistic elements, along the lines of Malory's Table knights running into kings casually.

Delaplace, Barbara: James' abuse of Sarah (drawn from her point of view) is either bringing out "The Hidden Dragon" in her - or pushing her over sanity's edge.

Foster, Alan Dean: "Lethal Perspective" is also in Foster's collection _Impossible Places_. The dragons have met upon the Roof of the World - the environs of Everest - to compare the disasters they've secretly inflicted upon mankind, determining who has displayed supremely effective skill.

Forrest, Elizabeth: All Alben and Rain got from their encounter with a dragon was a lungful of smoke and the death of their horse - and Rain's illness from using blackthorn elixir to augment her powers during the fight. But the shaman in the nearest village sets a steep price for help; they must finish the job, since the moss needed to treat blackthorn fever grows at the "Cold Stone Barrow" where the dragons bide their time.

Friesner, Esther M.: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" The wizard who summoned the dragon (who talks like a genie) has trouble explaining why he's to eat one of the Mets. "A bitter man is not a pretty sight, but one who has had his innate bitterness refined by long years of backing the Cubs is about as ugly as a Gorgon with PMS." (Particularly given why he has a dependable source of virgin's blood for the spell.)

Gunderson, Kimberly: When a grubby kid knocks Jud's wineskin into the street just after he's come off guard duty, Jud searches the kid to find "The Stolen Dragon" - a statue spelled to torment the possessor until returned to its rightful owner.

Haber, Karen: After suffering 3 robberies, Christine arranges for a virtual-reality dragon as "Home Security", even though the dragon was built for a gaming rather than a security system.

Huff, Tanya: 17-year-old Donna received the talisman of "Shing Li-Ung" at her grandmother's deathbed, but only gradually learns that the dragon on the cheap-looking brooch must protect the talisman's bearer. Unfortunately, her younger brother is the one who needs protecting, but her parents see no need to curb him - even after he's given probation for gang involvement. After all, he gave his *word*. (Good folk, I hasten to add, but with blind spots.)

Kreighbaum, Mark A. and McKiernan, Dennis L.: Smael is young and lazy; although married and expecting his first offspring, he's still living in his father's cave, and his chore this morning is to extract an overdue gold tithe from the local villagers. Smael's allergic to burning thatch, and gold attracts pests in chainmail, so he's interested in an ugly little man's proposition of "Straw into Gold: Part II". :)

Lindskold, Jane M.: Whatever the cause - a shooting star landing in the garden, an Italian tomato plant "Between Tomatoes and Snapdragons" - the odd speckled flower on Jinny's tomato plant has burgeoned into an egg - and in bright light, the lizardlike shape within is clearly visible. Regardless of the egg's fate, just being there injects some much-needed wonder into Jinny's exhausting daily round.

Malzberg, Barry N.: "Concerto Accademico" is dedicated to Sir Adrian Boult, the conductor to whom Ralph Vaughn Williams dedicated 2 of his symphonies - though not the 9th, which the Tarrytown Symphony is rehearsing when a dragon wanders into the auditorium. The conductor, of course, is the one person who can't see what's distracting his musicians, since he's facing the wrong way. :)

Reichert, Mickey Zucker: Once a decade, "The Champion of Dragons" is chosen to seek and slay the dragon, although the dragon long ago ceased to bother the village. Although none of the previous 13 champions ever came home, Miura Usashibo has fought hard for the honor, sacrificing everything toward his quest for perfection save his love for his wife Rumiko - but he's now demonstrating his priorities.

Resnick, Laura: Esther, the narrator, comes home after a *long* day of unsuccessful auditions to be buttonholed by her annoying neighbour, with a tale of a dragon in the basement - although "Fluff the Tragic Dragon" didn't even break her stride in going grocery shopping. As Esther says, "What's *wrong* with you people who keep investigating strange noises? You *deserve* to be eaten by a dragon!" Guess who gets nominated to check out the story.

Resnick, Mike: "The Trials and Tribulations of Myron Blumberg, Dragon", the narrator, who's begun changing into a dragon - but although gradual, the change makes quite a contrast with Stephen Donaldson's "Mythological Beast" (_Daughter of Regals and Other Stories_). Morton's nagging wife Sylvia sends him to a dermatologist, to begin with. :) And provided you're a *healthy* dragon, there's a limit to how far your unemployment benefits will stretch...

Schimel, Lawrence: "Phobiac" The only piece in Fennwick's (an antique shop on Museum Mile in New York) that the owner refuses to sell or discuss is a tenth-century suit of armor. (Short but good story).

Sherman, Josepha: "Dragon's Destiny" has a Russian folktale setting. While dragons per se may not exist, there *are* dragon-sorcerers, such as Gorynich, who barely remembers life as a human. He's concerned with the knight Dobrynya only because a scrying indicated that Dobrynya would be his destiny or death; as a kidnapped princess later points out, while Gorynich is hungry for "power", he doesn't *do* anything. A bigger problem is that the first encounter between knight and dragon is inconclusive for reasons that don't seem consistent with later events; fixing this would require cutting the story drastically, or lengthening it to build up the second encounter properly.

I read this book several years ago and it still sticks in my mind. Matter of fact, I think I'll go read it again now. Smoking-who knew one of them was the cause of human ruin?

I love dragons, so when I found this book I had to get it. Now, I'm very gald that I did. I found this book to be entertaining and I'm sure you would too, even if you're not big on dragons. So, I suggest you get it now, you won't regret it

America of the future where madness is accepted and nurtured - or, alternatively, repressed through steamroller conformity...a man plagued by the memories of his famous father - and 237 of his talking likenesses... music more addictive than any drug... garbage and refuse than obtains a malign ghostly power... homicidal allergies... vampiric supermodels... derelict spaceships... beatniks in orbit... These and many more witty fictions are what made Fritz Leiber one of the founding fathers of modern SF&F and horror. However, no matter what your genre preference is, HERE ARE 44 STORIES THAT WILL STICK TO YOUR RIBS.

Of course, this does not in any way mean that every story in this half-century retrospective is exceptional. The exact opposite is true: many of the stories in this impressively large and heavy book are dull and unexciting. There is a definite impression that they were written by an undisputed master of the genre - but no rerader involvement. However, some of the better stories present make this mammoth anthology a joy to read.

As far as the genres represented in this volume, one can't but admit that Leiber has an undeniable gift for blurring the lines of separation: rather than being strictly science fiction or fantasy, the wide majority of stories are ridiculous fictions, absurd juxtapositions of totally unrelated elements (for example, "Endfray of the Ofay" is an alternate history combining magic and nuclear weaponry). Certainly, there are some recurring themes - nuclear devastation and the continuing Cold War are especially common. In their ultimate form, these "idea-stories" can be extremely funny, adventuresome, and provocative.

Interestingly, the author's style - and its evolution - adds a layer of depth and variety to the anthology: the shock-pulp of the thirties gives way to the somber fictions of the fifties and the uproarious fantasies of the sixties and seventies. The progression is completed with the excellent, unique semi-autobiographical novelettes of the eighties, which combine Leiber's personal experiences of apartment-living with some supernatural undercurrents.

Those looking for Fafhrd/Gray Mouser stories will be sorely disappointed - there are only five (compare to the two about chess), and they are not at all interesting. As for myself, I was disappointed by the inordinate number of typos - of the sort that evade spell-check software and confuse readers ("closet" instead of "closest").

A very good restrospective anthology honoring one of the founding fathers of SF&F.

In his writing career of over fifty years, Fritz Leiber made major contributions to the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. In sf, Leiber was one of the first writers (along with Alfred Bester) to depict futures in which high technology coexisted with cultural decadence, thereby blazing the trail to what is now called "cyberpunk". His stories of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser helped set the formula for heroic fantasy. The horror genre owed Leiber the most, for his ideas of what forms nightmares would take in a modern, urban environment. Finally, much of Leiber's work is so individual that it demands new genre classifications; for example, the many autobiographical fictions he published toward the end of his life. Leiber's impact on genre literature has been consistently underestimated, because it has been so varied and diverse. Fans of his work in one genre weren't necessarily aware of his work in others, and collections of Leiber typically stuck to one genre at a time. "The Leiber Chronicles" is the first book to do full justice to the variety of Leiber's output, including samples from all the genres in which he worked, as well as many that defy easy classification. This gives the reader an opportunity to study the themes that run through Leiber's work as a whole; his interest in cities, chess, cats, the "woman-as-other", and most of all the interaction between modern/rationalist and pre-modern/intuitive ways of thinking. My only regret is that one of my favorite Leiber stories, "Space-Time for Springers", was left out; fortunately it is widely available elsewhere. Sadly, this volume is out of print, but if you have any interest in sf, fantasy, or horror, you owe it to yourself to seek it out!

Harlan Ellison endorsed this man's work, so I had to investigate. He writes content like Ellison, but I find Leiber's writing style less hurried, with a mature resonance. This collection of fantasy and contemporary horror stories has whetted my appetite for more.

Like most books edited by Martin Greenberg, you get a good mix of stories. But don't read this book if you have no idea about Greek mythology - you will be completely lost, since most don't bother to explain themselves (or tweak the myths entirely, and expect you to get the joke). Overall, it was a fun read that fills up your time in an enjoyable way.

Tales about the Greek gods that were very well written.

These stories are a refreshing difference from modern fiction. Many are very well researched, thought out, and take you back to the ancient land from whence the gods arose. Other stories are set in modern times, with ancient dieties reacting to changes and strange new attitudes. All mix knowledge of the classics with new fiction work. Wonderful reading!

I remember reading this anthology as a child, and I remember wishing that i was different like one of the children in the book... it's a great escape for kids, i suggest it to anyone with a young reader

I read this book as a child, and it occured to me recently what an intriguing book it is. I spent a long time trying to track it down, and finally found it! It is a marvellous, eclectic collection of stories, including an excellent offering from Ray Bradbury.

mutants are "freaks of nature" that have special and unique characteristics or powers that "normal" people don't. As you read, you ask yourself if its a gift or some kinda punishment. There is one story about a boy who is born with wings, I would say is one of the best short story I have ever read. Buy this book!

The title sounds like one of those headlines you might read off a tabloid. The cover is silly and strange, and its supposed to be. Because this is a SF anthology devoted to tabloid tales, the kinds of stories we always hear or read about but never take seriously. Beyond the garish cover and title, are some suprisingly good and some suprisingly funny short stories. Then again, with Martin Greenberg and Esthner M. Friesner teaming up to edit this anthology, maybe not so surprising.

There are thirty six stories to choose from, some by well recognized authors such as Alan Dean Foster, Harry Turtledove, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Mike Resnick and Jody Lynn Nye. As with all anthologies, the quality of the stories varies, but there are some real delights in here. "2,437 UFOs Over New Hampshire" by Allen Steele gives a look into the lives of whole town of "alien abductee". "Is Your Coworker a Space Alien?" by "Bob" bes Shahar is a hysterical look into the workplace and the 'normal' folk that inhabit it.

This isn't the serious side of SF, but these tales can still make you think. They have fun extrapolating on the impossible. Elvis clones, aliens, bigfoot, all the kind of things that you look at in the local tabloid and think "yeah, right." It's appeal is the strange, the idiosyncratic and the screwball. If you enjoy reading scandal sheets, or just want a book that doesn't take itself seriously, this might be just the anthology to curl up with. Just watch out that those pesky aliens don't make off with your chocolate chip cookies!...

This guy Greenberg -- is there a subject somewhere in the world he hasn't made into a short fiction anthology? My God, this is beyond extreme! A bunch of fantasy writers try to out-weird the tabloids? This should be stupid, but it's surprisingly good. The expected stories about Elvis, Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster et al. abound, and there isn't a clunker in the bunch. For cryin' out loud, give this a shot!

Yes, the book is out of print, but when I ordered it, the page said that it was still available, and I received it in 2 days. Hmmm... There's good and bad to this collection of 21 stories of nuclear devastation. *Bad* - Walter M. Miller's lengthy, rambling, and ultimately pointless foreword and story introductions, and the abundance of typos (did anyone proofread this?). *Good* - The selection of works. Bradbury, Ellison, Clarke, Zelazny, Pangborn, and many others. Plus, it includes one of my personal favorites, "By the Waters of Babylon" by Steven Vincent Benet. The cover is intriguing, as well... looks like Stanislaw Fernandes?

This anthology contains the very best of apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic short fiction, including such hard-to find classics as Harlan Elison's "A Boy and His Dog". Other personal favorites are Norman Spinrad's "The Big Flash", Edgar Pangborn's "A MAster of Babylon", Stephen Benet's "By the Waters of Babylon", William Tenn's "Eastward Ho!", Lucius Shepard's "Salvador" and... it's all there, really. Include an interesting and to-the-point foreword by editor Walter M. Miller (author of "A Canticle for Leibowitz"), and you've got the ultimate treat for a fan of post-apocalyptic fiction.
(Note: Published in the UK as "Beyond Armageddon: Survivors of the Megawar" Robinson, 1985)

I remember buying this paperback at a Supermarket in Tampa, Florida during the sweltering August of 1996. I once heard that if you remember something it's important, and since I gave this book away to the library about a year ago, I can only talk about a couple of the stories that stayed with me. Probably me favorite two were "Loop" by Douglas E. Winter (I actually read that one in a dorm room in Austin, Texas) and "The End of It All" by Ed Gorman. I can't really comment on the rest.

"Loop" is crisp, concise writing--yet passionate. Winter tells the story of a lawyer who develops over the years an infatuation with an adult film actress. His intense details of American culture really bring to life this doomed "love story."

"The End of It All" reads like an NBC TV Movie of the Week--but with a more focused story and a much sharper edge; the writing is so economical I compare it to a newspaper article. Gorman's impartial and blunt matter-of-fact writing style really got me excited about the short story medium again. Reading this will shock you, and impress.

On a Saturday night this summer, or any summer, staying home and reading these two stories will be much more rewarding than even going to a movie. They are that entertaining, not to mention provocative.

A collection of dark fantasy exploring the relationship between sex and horror with contributions by prestigious authors renowned in the field. The quality of the stories is uneven and the volume includes a few excellent tales as well as some ordinary stuff. The book starts with a long-awaited brand new story by Stephen King ("Lunch at the Gotham Cafe'") The following tales are by Kathe Koja, who tells the life story of a sexually unsatiable ballerina and by british author Basil Copper ("Gleading blades") who provides a new, disquiteting atmosphere to the time-honored theme of the serial killer. In Ramsey Campbell's "Going under" the cellular phone becomes the instrument of modern horror while in the late Karl Edgar Wagner's "Locked away" the forbidden sexual fantasies of a long- dead woman come alive through an antique gold locket. In "The end of it all" Ed Gorman recreates the atmosphere of the "film noir" of the 40s , while Douglas Winter ("Loop") perfectly balances horror with the sad after-taste of unfullfilled love dreams.

I've had bad luck in the past with Horror anthologies, so I put off reading Dark Love for a few Years after purchasing it. I should have had more faith in the Editors, because this is a rock-solid book, with not a dud to be found.

The book starts off with Stephen King's "Lunch at the Gotham Cafe, where a man and his soon-to-be-ex-wife find themselves confronted with a demented Maitre d'. The story is good (As most King stories are), but I found it more comedic than it seems to have been intended to be. (The way the Maitre d' keeps screaming "EEEEEEE!!!!" just struck me as funny...)
From there, the late, great Michael O'Donaghue contributes "The Psycho", a crazed Gunman on the loose story with a great twist ending.
Next is Kathe Koja's "Pas de Deux", probably the most realistic story in the book. It wasn't really my cup of tea, but it was well-written, and it had its moments.
Basil Copper's "Bright Blades Gleaming" is waaaay too long, and I saw the end coming a mile off, but again, it was a well-told tale. It could have been better if it was shorter, though.
John Lutz offers "Hanson's Radio", a tale of urban neighbors getting on each others nerves that I, a former Bronx apartment dweller, totally related to.
David J. Schow's "Refrigerator Heaven" is a chilling (Pun intended) tale of Mob torture gone HORRIBLY wrong. This story stuck with me for a long time after I finished reading it.
Ro Erg, by Robert Weinberg, starts as a bit of credit-card fraud whimsey, and goes off into totally unexpected territory.
Ramsey Campbell's "Going Under" quite frankly reeked, and I won't devote any of my time to describing it. (I guess there WAS one dud...)
Stuart Kaminsky's "Hidden" is an absolute gem; One of the best short stories I've ever read. It concerns a young boy who slaughters his family and devises an ingenious method of hiding from the law. The ending revelation is an absolute stunner.
"Prism", by Wendy Webb, is a short about Multiple-Personality Disorder that puts you in the head of the narrator. Short, but well-done.
The late Richard Laymon contributes "The Maiden", a dark tale of teenage lust, revenge, and the Supernatural. After reading this story, I've become a Laymon fan, and I'm hard at work collecting all of his books. The Maiden was THAT good....
Flaming Carrot/Mystery Men creator Bob Burden pens the hilariously demented "You've Got Your Troubles, I've Got Mine"; I felt dirty for laughing, but it was just so damned funny...Who knew Burden could write prose? Good job, Bob! More fun than a Spider in diapers!
George C. Chesbro offers "Waco", a creepy look at the inside of the Koresh Compound in it's last moments, as they're visited by a sardonic Vulture claiming to be God himself...
John Peyton Cooke's "The Penitent" is an S&M story that strong-stomached readers will find enjoyable. (I loved it.)
Kathryn Ptacek takes road-rage to a new level in "Driven"; I didn't really care for the ending, though...
John Shirley's "Barbara" is an interesting heist-gone-bad tale.
"Hymenoptera", by Michael Blumlein, features a Fashion Designer becoming obsessed aith an 8-Foot long Wasp (!). Weird and pointless, but I liked it nonetheless....
"The End of It All", by Ed Gorman, is a tale of Lust, Incest, Murder, & Revenge. Would make a GREAT movie...
"Heat", by Lucy Taylor, is forgettable, but short, so at least she makes her sick point quickly.

Nancy A. Collins' "Thin Walls" will resonate with apartment dwellers everywhere.
Karl Edward Wagner's "Locked Away" is a fun psuedo-porn fantasy that made me chuckle more than a few times.
The book closes with Douglas E. Winter's "Loop", a tale of obsession taken to a WHOLE other level.

Dark Love is probably the BEST anthology I've even read. I highly recommend it.

The book has a good variety of stories and naturally some are better than others, but most are excellent.

This was the first time I had ever read any of Tanya Huff's vampire work -- and it got me hooked enough to but the entire 'Blood' series.

The book is a good enjoyble read.

If you are looking for vampire stories with a twist than this anthology is for you. If you are an Anne Rice fan, you may not like this book.

I am a great fan of Greenberg and was in heaven when I saw this one. He has gathered together some of the best names out there. The stories are varied in settings and types of vampires. Each and every story is tightly written, well told, and in some cases, had me rolling on the floor with laughter. Mind you, they aren't all funny. Some will send some major chills up and down your spine so you might want to keep a light on. All in all, a great read. I highly recommend this to all.