''Strange Brew'' is an

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, edited by P.N. Elrod. It reached the NYTimes extended bestseller list in July 2009.

Stories

#"Seeing Eye", by

Patricia Briggs Patricia Briggs (born 1965) is an American writer of Fantasy novel, fantasy since 1993, and author of the Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series. Biography Patricia Briggs was born in 1965 in Butte, Montana, United States. She now resides in Bent ...

#"Last Call", by

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#"Death Warmed Over", by

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#"Vegas Odds", by

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#"Hecate's Golden Eye", by P.N. Elrod #"Bacon", by

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#"Signatures of the Dead", by

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#"Dark Sins", by Jenna Maclaine

Reviews

Rich Horton, in '' Fantasy Magazine'', says, "Some of these stories seem rushed or rudimentary. Some lean a shade too much on a presumption of familiarity with the novels featuring the stories’ characters." He continues, "But there is a fair amount of enjoyable fiction here as well." '' BSCreview'' reviewer, amberdrake ic says, "For the most part, this anthology was highly entertaining", and "definitely worth picking up, especially if you like stories about witches or if some of these authors are your favorites". ''Strange Brew'' won Honorable Mention in the

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for best anthology, 2009.

References

{{reflist Urban fantasy novels American fantasy novels Fantasy anthologies