Love these stories -- just hope author doesn't harm or ...
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Love these stories -- just hope author doesn't harm or kill off the dog we all have grown to Love!  Or the characters (especially Tanner....)
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I enjoyed all of the stories in this collection, but then, I'm an avid Anne McCaffrey fan: I loved all of the Pern books, and I thought -  it couldn't get better than this. Then, I loved the Pegasus series (The Rowan, Damia, and the rest). But, the Crystal Singer books are great, too - you get the idea!  These  short stories evoked worlds that were familiar and worlds that were new to me - each world interesting and complex, a treat to visit.  As usual, Anne's stories lift the spirits with hopeful endings, except the one sad story "Habit is an Old Horse" - skip it if you prefer.  Two additional treats in this book: 24 lovely illustrations and eight autobiographical pages by Anne herself.
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Have not started reading his book yet.  Hope they are as great as my other favorite authors.  I love reading stories around the Amish families
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I accidentally stumbled onto another great reader submitted collections book.  I can not believe some of these stories.  Simply, makes me go hmmm....  Kudos to everyone that shared something and sent it to Ms. Hamm.  I truly do enjoy them!
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Here are three short stories written by famous author Jeffery Deaver.  His stories are always powerful, often very scary.  For sure, he knows how to entertain his readers.  The first story, "Fast," reflects how fast Kathryn Dance must race to catch a domestic terrorist.  Story two, "Game," a housekeeper is trying to find her employer's murdered, dead body.  And story three, "Paradice," is what happens to John Pelham when he becomes stranded in a remote Colorado mountain town.  These are all gripping stories which reflect Deaver's unique craftiness in developing books with lots of twists.  Wonderful!
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I have three more stories to go, and I can't wait to finish them to write this review. Over the past week or so, I have been reading Sherlock Holmes books/short stories by various authors with varying degrees of pleasure/displeasure/disappointment. I don't care for Holmes battling aliens from outer space-please! helping children improve their school work-too cutesy, or overly humorous stories, or Holmes golfing, and I have issues with Watson. Either he is too intelligent and too-involved, or just too damn dumb. So dumb that he shouldn't be let out by himself. Dimmer even than Nigel Bruce's Watson-which I didn't consider possible.

I looked at Denis O. Smith's "Lost Chronicles" a couple of times and read the reviews, and finally decided to try it. I have been immensely pleased. I think he's gotten Watson's "voice" down. The ambience is right, the stories are fresh and new, and could have been written by Sir Arthur.

I have been avidly reading Laurie R. King's Sherlock Holmes/Mary Russell series for 20 years, and although some of them are not as favored as others, I don't intend to miss any. Denis O. Smith is also not to be missed and I hope his other Sherlock Holmes stories will be collected in another Kindle edition. Please?
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I love this series so far and intend to read all of them.  I like the characters and think that the author makes them easy to like and care about.  The stories always are just the right amount of scary.
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I loved all the stories within and the authors are great, but I feel the need to warn others that this is a release of a book that was out with the same title but different cover. It contains the same stories as before. I wasn't aware till I after I bought it. Amazon was great about it and refunded me, but I thought I would let others know to look in your collection and make sure you don't already own this before buying it. If you're like me and automatically buy anything new by certain authors than you may make the same mistake. For those that don't already own it, the stories really are great and I do recomend you check them out.
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I always enjoy the author's books and the way her characters play off of each other. Both stories are enjoyable, but there is some domestic abuse in one. The subject is handled really well and sensitively.
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Absolutely loved this book and I found it quite by chance.  I get the same old recommendations over and over and I really have to dig for these nuggets - these wonderful stories written by very good authors.  I hope it comes out in audio - that would make my day.
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This is a reader-demand collection of stories, some published as much as 25 years ago and long out of print, and some never before published at all.  The stories are all great reading, even if the author is charmingly apologetic about their quality.  His imagination shines like the light of multi-colored moons over undiscovered worlds.  The new cover art and original illustrations are a pure delight.
Mr. de Lint's work, both old and new, is particularly appealing to me as a student of story-telling in the long tradition.  I am definitely a "glutton for punishment", as he describes us, and hope for more.
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These r great stories in very small insrements.... I don't like to wAit for the story to end. Yet here I go onto the next.... HMMM, does anyone smell a ploy???
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These stories are so fun to read.  It is great to be able to buy them on-line so I can check to see if I already have the book.
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Love the back stories, even though I had read many of those previously published! I have always read Diana's books over and over again, many I've had to replace! My only disappointment is that the stories end!!
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While these stories do act as a prequel to the Land of the Three Seas series, they work as stand alone stories as well, and are a great introduction to the writing of Jim Webster; you don't need any prior knowledge. I must admit, I had been wanting to read work by Jim Webster for a while, having had many recommendations, but I just wasn't sure about paying 5 for an e-book of an author that I hadn't tried before (which I know is awful and I should be shot. In fact, give me a gun and I'll do it myself!). This collection is available for 99p on Amazon, and so I decided to give it ago. I'm very pleased that I did as I greatly enjoyed reading these!

Jim Webster has a very authoritative style of writing, that I found to be very engaging. I liked the gentle humour, which seemed effortless but very effective. I also really liked the way that he developed his characters as the stories went on. My favourite character was Benor Dorginngil and I was very glad that he featured in all four short stories. My favourite story was 'The Insulted Party' and I would have liked to read more of it! Though it must be said that all stories were very well written.

I gave this collection 4 stars rather than 5 stars as I found parts of 'Dirt and Good Ale' to be a bit heavy and difficult to read. I was a bit indecisive about docking a star for this, as I'm not sure if I just wasn't in the mood for that particular story at that time, or if it just didn't grab me in the same way as the others, but I decided that it did impact my feelings on this particular story and should therefore be reflected in the star rating. There was nothing technically wrong with this story, I just didn't find myself enjoying it as much as the other stories. I am still greatly looking forward to reading some of the longer works by the author, and reading more about Benor!
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Another set of fantastic stories from these great authors. I have read them all and each one has been great. Was a little disappointed about the solving of Shakpi and her revenge, I thought there would be blaze and glory, but now they have a new threat. Just wish they weren't so short, great job anyway ladies, will be looking and waiting for more.
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I certainly agree with the mother who is letting her adopted child know about her heritage, and I too can not wait for my daughter to be old enough to hear these short stories. My favorites where Dog Steals & Rooster Crows, Clever Magistrate and Mr . Yeh's New Year.

Also what I would like to tell all readers is to be aware of the pronounciation guide, Glossary and the Source Guide as you read each story. They will help you with Chinese words you are unfamiliar with.