Anthologies are a bit of a mixed bag: some stories you'll like, some you won't. This one's no exception. ( )

This anthology has it's ups and downs.

It starts on a sour note - "Resident Evil" by Zane. I was expecting horror, not badly written erotica. The other truly awful story in this book was "Red" by Ricky Wendell George. I've read a number of short story compilations, and I've never come across worse stories than these two.

There were some high points. I especially enjoyed Chesya Burke's "He Who Takes Away the Pain" and Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due's "Danger Word."

Most of the rest of the stories were pretty forgettable. ( )

Dear god how I hated this book.

This was one of those listens/reads that makes me think that throwing enough pointless sex and swears into a book makes it publishable.

Tired is how I'd describe Zane's "Resident Evil" - the vampirism was yawn-inducing and the sex was tossed in because without it there's no story. Unfortunately with it, it reads a step below a Penthouse Forum Letter. Characters who seem dumber than a box of hair, and yet manage to have massive student loans. Thanks for not creating any characters we could actually get behind. Cringe-worthy is how I would described it - "I ran out of story and plot, how about we throw in some three-way sex." Could you at least make it ... I dunno - hot? It was also terribly long for not actually finishing, with extra "backstories" thrown in to pad it out. The scariest part was that Zane makes a living at this.

The best in the bunch were by Chesya Burke (He Who Takles Away The Pain), and Brandon Massey (Grandad's Garage), the editor. Two or three worthwhile stories out of twenty makes for a very long and disappointing anthology.

I can't recommend this book at all. ( )

Dear god how I hated this book.

This was one of those listens/reads that makes me think that throwing enough pointless sex and swears into a book makes it publishable.

Tired is how I'd describe Zane's "Resident Evil" - the vampirism was yawn-inducing and the sex was tossed in because without it there's no story. Unfortunately with it, it reads a step below a Penthouse Forum Letter. Characters who seem dumber than a box of hair, and yet manage to have massive student loans. Thanks for not creating any characters we could actually get behind. Cringe-worthy is how I would described it - "I ran out of story and plot, how about we throw in some three-way sex." Could you at least make it ... I dunno - hot? It was also terribly long for not actually finishing, with extra "backstories" thrown in to pad it out. The scariest part was that Zane makes a living at this.

The best in the bunch were by Chesya Burke (He Who Takles Away The Pain), and Brandon Massey (Grandad's Garage), the editor. Two or three worthwhile stories out of twenty makes for a very long and disappointing anthology.

I can't recommend this book at all. ( )

Dear god how I hated this book.

This was one of those listens/reads that makes me think that throwing enough pointless sex and swears into a book makes it publishable.

Tired is how I'd describe Zane's "Resident Evil" - the vampirism was yawn-inducing and the sex was tossed in because without it there's no story. Unfortunately with it, it reads a step below a Penthouse Forum Letter. Characters who seem dumber than a box of hair, and yet manage to have massive student loans. Thanks for not creating any characters we could actually get behind. Cringe-worthy is how I would described it - "I ran out of story and plot, how about we throw in some three-way sex." Could you at least make it ... I dunno - hot? It was also terribly long for not actually finishing, with extra "backstories" thrown in to pad it out. The scariest part was that Zane makes a living at this.

The best in the bunch were by Chesya Burke (He Who Takles Away The Pain), and Brandon Massey (Grandad's Garage), the editor. Two or three worthwhile stories out of twenty makes for a very long and disappointing anthology.

I can't recommend this book at all. ( )