Dark Duets: All-New Tales of Horror and Dark Fantasy

by Charlaine Harris, Rachel Caine, Christopher Golden (Editor)

Overview

A feast of seventeen original eerie and mesmerizing horror, thriller, and dark fantasy tales from acclaimed writers collaborating for the first time.

Charlaine Harris and Rachel Caine enter a shadowy world of demons and angels in “Dark Witness” while Sarah Rees Brennan, Cassandra Clare, and Holly Black look at three weird sisters who face challenges beyond magic in “Sisters Before Misters.” Sarah MacLean and Carrie Ryan explore the exquisite agony of eternal love in “She, Doomed Girl,” and “Welded” by Tom Piccirilli and T. M. Wright offers an unsettling vision of an evil that infects and destroys lives. Mixing the ordinary—parents, teenagers, lovers—with the extraordinary—angels, demons, serial killers—these captivating and vivid tales delve deep into the shadowy, unexplored realms of the imagination . . .

• Charlaine Harris & Rachel Caine
• Sarah Rees Brennan & Cassandra Claire & Holly Beck
• Stuart MacBride & Allan Guthrie
• Sherrilyn Kenyon & Kevin J. Anderson
• Chelsea Cain & Lidia Yuknavitch
• Gregory Frost & Jonathan Maberry
• Michael Kortya & Jeffrey David Greene
• Sarah MacLean & Carrie Ryan
• Robert Jackson Bennet & David Liss
• Amber Benson & Jeffrey J. Mariotte
• Tim Lebbon & Michael Marshall Smith
• Nate Kenyon & James A. Moore
• Holly Newstein & Rick Hautala
• Mark Morris & Rio Youers
• Tom Piccirilli & T. M. Wright
• Rhodi Hawk & F. Paul Wilson
• Kasey Lansdale & Joe R. Lansdale

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062240293
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	01/17/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	434
Sales rank:	1,406,136
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Rachel Caine (1962–2020) was the New York Times–, USA Today–, and #1 Wall Street Journal–bestselling author of more than fifty books across multiple genres, from adult thriller to urban fantasy/science fiction, as well as works for young adults. With millions of copies sold, she was a frequent guest at conventions in the United States and around the world. Her popular book series include the Morganville Vampires novels, the Great Library series, and the #1-bestselling Stillhouse Lake books. Caine lost her fight with a rare and aggressive cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, in November of 2020.

Hometown:

Southern Arkansas

Date of Birth:

November 25, 1951

Place of Birth:

Tunica, Mississippi

Education:

B.A. in English and Communication Arts, Rhodes, 1973

Website:

http://www.charlaineharris.com

Editorial Reviews

01/01/2014
The premise for this unusual anthology is, unsurprisingly, twofold. The selections are all dark fantasy or horror (most trending more towards horror), and they are collaborations between authors who have never before written together. The tales generally succeed, with some real standouts, including Charlaine Harris and Rachel Caine's piece that pits a mother's love against a demonic force and a fable by David Liss and Robert Jackson Bennett about an ex-con offered a deal with the devil. There's a very weird and creepy story for those distrustful of cat ladies and another for those who think their GPS might be possessed. Less successful is the only tale written by a trio, the slight "Misters Before Sisters" by Sarah Rees Brennan, Cassandra Clare, and Holly Black. VERDICT Collected anthologies such as this can be a great way to expose readers to new writers, giving them a taste of the style of authors famous in the horror genre as well as offering them dark turns from well-known authors from other genres. This work proves that even those new to collaboration can make beautiful music together.

Library Journal

The level of both concept and execution is consistently high.

Booklist

The level of both concept and execution is consistently high.

Booklist

The level of both concept and execution is consistently high.” — Booklist

“Proves that even those new to collaboration can make beautiful music together.” — Library Journal

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