NOTE: This story has been re-released in the Dark Bites anthology.Celebrity necromancer Jaime Vegas is headlining a sold-out séance tour, but behind the scenes, a disgruntled ghost has a bone to pick, in Kelley Armstrong's The Ungrateful Dead.Plus tales guaranteed to get under your skin - in a good way - from:* Janet Berliner* Don D'Ammassa* Nancy Holder* Nancy Kilpatrick* J. A. Konrath* F. Paul Wilson* Joe R. Lansdale* Will Ludwigsen* Sharyn McCrumb* Mark Onspaugh* Mike Resnick* Steven Savile* D. L. Snell* Eric James Stone* Jeff Strand* Lucien Soulban* Matt Venne* Christopher WelchSo let the blood flow and laughter reign - because when it comes to facing our deepest, darkest fears, a little humor goes a long way!

    of age-old dreams and ageless desires... where trees have souls, and swords and stones can speak.In Morgan Llwelyn's Galway Bay , a modern American woman journeys to the mystical land of her ancestors to escape the pain of love's betrayal. There she meets a man who is not of any world she knows.Susan Wiggs's The Trysting Hour takes us to ancient Tara, where the betrothed Princess Aideen awakens from a fevered vision...only to see her dream lover appear before her.In Roberta Gellis's Rarer Than A White Crow , the beautiful warrior Caer finds a lover to cherish and to fear when she meets the blue-eyed Prince Angus Og.Dierdre is The Harper's Daughter in acclaimed author Barbara Samuel's tale of a woman whose beauty enchants a king. But en route to his royal court, she meets a handsome stranger whose coat is scarlet, whose hair is raven-black and whose passion is magnificent and wild.