Games Creatures Play

De: Charlaine Harris - editor, Toni L. P. Kelner - editor

Narrado por: Todd Haberkorn, Kate Rudd

Welcome to the wide world of paranormal pastimes, where striking out might strike you dead.

Editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner are your announcers for this all-new story collection of the most peculiar plays ever made.…

Sports fans live and die by their teams’ successes and failures - though not literally. But these 14 authors have written spirited - in more ways than one - new tales of killer competitions that would make even the most die-hard players ask to be benched.

In number-one New York Times best-selling author Charlaine Harris’s "The Blue Hereafter", Manfred Bernardo learns about softball from a certain blond barmaid in Louisiana.

Life-and-death stakes make the competition get serious in New York Times best seller William Kent Krueger’s "Hide and Seek".

New York Times best-selling author Mercedes Lackey’s "False Knight on the Road" features a high-stakes drag race on a foggy mountain road between a clever young bootlegger and a mysterious stranger.

In New York Times best-selling author Laura Lippman’s "Ice", a young girl learns the true story behind a bit of neighborhood folklore.

New York Times best seller Seanan McGuire presents "Jammed", in which a chimera loose during the Roller Derby makes it anyone’s guess as to who will still be skating by the time the buzzer sounds.

In number-one New York Times best-selling author Brandon Sanderson’s "Dreamer", a game of cops and robbers is a new challenge when the players are able to switch bodies at will.

And New York Times best-selling author Scott Sigler follows ghost stomper Hunter Hunterson as he investigates a haunted, never-ending baseball game in "The Case of the Haunted Safeway".

These and eight more supernatural sporting stories are guaranteed to have you rooting for the home team…or else.…

"Introduction" © 2014 by Charlaine Harris, Inc., and Toni L. P. Kelner. "In the Blue Hereafter" © 2014 by Charlaine Harris, Inc. "Hide and Seek" © 2014 by William Kent Krueger. "Stepping into the Dead Zone" © 2014 by The Zoo After Dark, Inc. "Dead on the Bones" © 2014 by Joe R. Lansdale. "The Devil Went down to Boston" © 2014 by Caitlin Kittredge. "On the Playing Fields of Blood" © 2014 by Brendan DuBois. "The God’s Games" © 2014 by Dana Cameron. "The Case of the Haunted Safeway" © 2014 by Empty Set Entertainment, LLC. "Prise de Fer" © 2014 by Ellen Kushner. "Dreamer" © 2014 by Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC. "False Knight on the Road" © 2014 by Mercedes Lackey. "Jammed" © 2014 by Seanan McGuire. "Hide and Shriek" © 2014 by Adam- Troy Castro. "Ice" © 2014 by Laura Lippman. "Bell, Book, and Candlepin" © 2014 by Toni L. P. Kelner.©2014 Charlaine Harris, Inc., Toni L. P. Kelner, and Tekno Books (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Great

I really enjoyed the stories. Only one or two were a little slow for my taste but overall a great listen.

great narrators!

Narration was great! And the stories were pretty entertaining. I'd recommend it as away to pass time in traffic.

Excellent collection of well acted tales

Interesting stories, many with great twists, good humor in places, wonderful tension in others, most with excellent pacing. Top quality voice actors doing a superb job. My only quibble is that I wish there was a longer pause between tales, both to savor the end of the story and enjoy the resolution, and to signal another story is coming. As it is, the break is too brief, so the next story always begins with a jolt. It's like hearing a series of songs with no break in between.

Fun Stories, Terrible Narration

I'll be returning this, and that makes me sad. I really enjoyed the stories, but it took some effort to dig them out from under the narration.

Kate Rudd seems to have only the one character voice, making all the strong female characters sound the same, even when she's using a strong accent. Paired with an awkward cadence, the effect is something like having Christopher Walken reading all the male leads in an anthology. It would certainly be... distinctive, but may not be right for all listeners.

Todd Haberkorn does much better with his part, with the only notable exception being his portrayal of Sister Hepsebah in the second story. A woman so sultry and beautiful that she can tempt a basically decent boy into doing terrible, terrible things to others is portrayed with a voice better suited to a decrepit crone.

With that said, I'm going to purchase this as an ebook instead.

Hilarious

What made the experience of listening to Games Creatures Play the most enjoyable?

The stories were well written and well narrated. They provided me with a little chuckle.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Games Creatures Play?

Brandon Sanderson's contribution was a great take on the game of tag.

Which character – as performed by Todd Haberkorn and Kate Rudd – was your favorite?

Too many great character's to pick from. They were all performed well.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

This provided plenty of chuckles for me.

As Expected!

Absolutely true to the other collection of works by Charlaine Harris. Entertaining, diverse and great presentations by the tellers of the tales.

Captivated

Each Anthology left me eager to listen to the next. Excited to find more collections like this for Halloween.

Sad, very Sad

A mess, this group of stories was horrible to try and follow. Disjointed stories, I love Charlaine Harris books, this though was so disappointing.