Undead Approved

Meant to do this yesterday but the zombie invasion wouldn’t let up. Damn zombies.

A Girl’s Guide to Guns and Monsters is an anthology featuring Thirteen urban and paranormal tales of strong women, armed with weapons they are not afraid to use, as well as fists and feet of fury, who face monsters and bad guys-and are not above rescuing men in the process.

Our favorite urban fantasy mid-list author, Anton Strout, has a story in it. It’s not set in the Simon Canderous world, but the idea of a chick drowning cherubs in some world famous hot chocolate does sound like a story I should be reading. Per Anton’s words: “[The story is] about a young woman in search of a little vengeance for a love life gone wrong”

Also features stories by:

Lilith St. Crow, Tanya Huff, Jim C. Hines, Mickey Zucker Reichert and Elizabeth A. Vaughan. (I’m failing at finding a complete list of authors.)

Buy it at [B&N | Mysterious Galaxy | Amazon]

Mark Henry’s Happy Hour of the Damned is out in mass market. Mark Henry’s debut novel is a wonderfully fresh, brutally hysterical paranormal romp that is filled with bloodsuckers, horny–and horned–devils, werewolves, celebrities, and PR-obsessed shape shifters. From Mark’s site, “There’s a campaign sweeping the internets to save my zombie diva from obscurity … What it boils down to is, Amanda Feral’s getting one more shot before the series gets nixed. My publisher is reissuing Happy Hour of the Damned, the first book in the series, in mass-market paperback for the paltry sum of $6.99.” I plan to choked down my fears and read this thing.

Buy it at: [B&N | Mysterious Galaxy | Amazon]

Missed this one when it came out in December. I’m a bad, bad stalker.

Venture into Spells of the City, where a troll may be your toll collector on the George Washington Bridge. . . Harry the Book will be happy to place your bets in a spellbinding alternative New York. . .a gargoyle finds himself left to a lonely rooftop existence when he’s forced to live by his creator’s rules. . .and leprechauns must become bank robbers to keep up with the demand for their gold.

This one includes Anton’s gargoyle story titled Stannis, which may or may not take place in the same New York City as the Simon Canderous series.

Also features stories by:

Timothy Zahn,
Mike Resnick,
Margaret S. Lundock,
Michael Stackpole,

Marc Tassin,
Judi Rohrig,
Mickey Zucker Reichert,
Steven Savile,

Jackie Cassada,
C.J. Henderson,
Dean Leggett,
Tim Waggoner,

Bradley Beaulieu,
Robert Wenzlaff,
Linda Baker,
Vicke Steger,
and Brian M. Thomsen

Buy it at: [B&N | Mysterious Galaxy | Amazon]

Don’t forget: All books are also available at your locate brick and mortar stores too!