This is of such badness, it may even surpass Micah.

[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

So, the cover art for Strange Candy is up.

............

Good GOD it's ugly. Who chose that sickly bile green? (And is the cover model...blonde? *squints* Why yes, it appears she is. Hello, new Mary Sue!)

And gee, thanks for including previously published stories, too. Because we totally need the opening chapter of Incubus Dreams in a third book. And that's not at all a giant middle finger to all the people who bought the supernatural anthologies strictly for Laurell's stories. (Not that I'm one of them, but I feel their pain.)

ETA: As if that's not enough, according to the page on amazon.com it's a mere 272 pages--less than Micah--and retails for $25 in hardcover. (There's also a discussion entry by our very own Darla, whose profile is little more than a boot-licking paeon to her beloved mistress. "My favorite author is Laurell K. Hamilton. I am Laurell Hamilton's assistant." *HEADDESK*)

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[sweetpirate.livejournal.com]

*confused* wait, what's this one about? Short stories, I get that...just random short stories? Anita stories? Merry stories?


It's possible that the answer to this is obvious but I'm just missing it....Help?

[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, and no.

Strange Candy is a collection of short stories, most original, some Anita (including, reportedly, the very first AB short story she ever sold). Some have been previously published, some have been written specifically for this collection. I'm not sure if she's including a brand-new AB story as well...there are apparently two AB stories included but whether she counts the first AB one as "brand new!" (since it'll be new to her adoring zombies fans) or older, I have no idea.

According to Darla, there are no Merry stories in it. I'm sort of disappointed, but since Merry doesn't do anything but have sex and gain nifty powers, I don't mind too much. The first would be eye-gougingly boring to read; the second would be better off in a stand-alone book.

[delphinapterus.livejournal.com]

According to the cover type it's a collection of stories with new introductions from LKH. One has to assume that new introductionsis meant to imply that all the stories have been published before.

In the beautiful yellow stripe at the bottom is says "all-new Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter story" so going from past experience I guess this means a chuck of the next Anita book.

I think it's a bad sign that that the first time I read that tag line I thought it said "All-Men Anita Blake" and didn't pause because it sounded off.

[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

I read it as "Anita Blake: Vampire Humper" and thought, "Wow, I guess LKH really is listening to her fans!"