
Urban Enemies
A Collection of Urban Fantasy Stories
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Narrated by:
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Paul Boehmer
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Tanya Eby
Villains have all the fun - everyone knows that - and this anthology takes you on a wild ride through the dark side! The top villains from 16 urban fantasy series get their own stories - including the baddies of New York Times best-selling authors Jim Butcher, Kevin Hearne, Kelley Armstrong, Seanan McGuire, and Jonathan Maberry.
For every hero trying to save the world, there's a villain trying to tear it all down. In this can't-miss anthology edited by Joseph Nassise (The Templar Chronicles), you get to plot world domination with the best of the evildoers we love to hate! This outstanding collection brings you stories told from the villains' points of view, imparting fresh and unique takes on the evil masterminds, wicked witches, and infernal personalities that skulk in today's most popular series.
The full anthology features stories by Jim Butcher (the Dresden Files), Kelley Armstrong (the Cainsville and Otherworld series), Seanan McGuire (October Daye), Kevin Hearne (The Iron Druid Chronicles), Jonathan Maberry (Joe Ledger), Lilith Saintcrow (Jill Kismet), Carrie Vaughn (Kitty Norville), Joseph Nassise (Templar Chronicles), C. E. Murphy (Walker Papers), Steven Savile (Glass Town), Caitlin Kittredge (the Hellhound Chronicles and the Black London series), Jeffrey Somers (The Ustari Cycle), Sam Witt (Pitchfork County), Craig Schaefer (Daniel Faust), Jon F. Merz (Lawson Vampire), and Diana Pharaoh Francis (Horngate Witches).
Download the accompanying reference guide.©2017 Jim Butcher, Kevin Hearne, Seanan McGuire, Kelley Armstrong, Jonathan Maberry, Jeff Somers, Joseph Nassise (P)2017 Recorded BooksListeners also enjoyed...




















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Eh...
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Eclectic mix of stories
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I loved the stories from worlds with which I was already familiar. And I did find a few new authors whose series I want to try. However, the stories as generally too short to get oriented to the world if you aren't familiar with it. So I'd recommend to fans, not newbies.Good Short Stories, if you know the worlds
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One thing stands out though - WHERE IS THE C E. MURPHY STORY? I read the Walker Papers series not long ago and went back to this anthology to read the Walker story here. I skipped the first time but am familiar with the universe now and I wanted to check it out. The problem is that when I looked for it in the chapter list, it was not listed. I then listened, skipping from one chapter to the next but it just wasn't there. It says in the synopsis of the book that the story is there. I looked up the print version in my local library and it is there so why was it dropped from the audio book? It's labeled as unabridged but obviously it's not. I guess I hadn't skipped the story the first time after all.
Aside from this curious problem, my only problem was with the narrators. They were only fair at best. Many other anthologies like this get the regular narrators from each series to read the story from their world. I wish this one had been done that way. I really missed Luke Daniels for Hearne's story, James Marsters for Butcher's, and Mary Robinette-Kowal for Mcguire's.
Good stories but one is missing
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Short stories
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Which brings me to my frustration with Audible failing to list the shorts in the summary, so listeners can see how many they already own. Thus, this review will list the 17 short stories (all an hour or less), their authors, and the series I think they attach to (I’m admittedly not familiar with all of the series).
1. Even Hand by Jim Butcher. A Dresden series short starring nemesis John Marcone. This short is available in at least two other collections that I know of: Brief Cases and Dark & Stormy Knights.⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. Hounded by Kelly Armstrong. Series: Cainsville? MC is a sort of Celtic or Fae devil who enables human in damning themselves.⭐️⭐️
3. Nigsu Ga Tesgu by Jeff Somers. Series: The Utsari Cycle? Sounded like a battle from one of the books, told from the evil POV. Confused. ⭐️
4. Sixty-Six Seconds by Craig Schaefer. Series: Harmony Black and Daniel Faust crossover.
Demon bounty hunter gets his sidekick. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. Kiss by Lilith Saintcrow. Series: Jill Kismet. I liked the arrogant smarm from the devilish POV. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
6. The Naughtiest Cherub by Kevin Hearne. Series: Iron Druid Loki runs Hell’s gauntlet for a weapon against the Iron Druid. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
7. The Resurrectionist by Caitlin Kittridge. Series: Black London?
Mob enforcer tracks warlock’s little sister. ⭐️⭐️
8. Down Where The Darkness Dwells by Joseph Nassise. Series: Templar Chronicles? Not sure where the Templars come in. This was military monster tale goes Tomb Raider. Lots of guns and gore. ⭐️⭐️
9. Bellum Romanum by Carrie Vaughn. Series: Kitty Norville. Backstory for Gaius. ⭐️⭐️
10. Altar Boy by Jonathan Mayberry. Series: Joe Ledger. A Toys love story…sort of. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
11. Make it Snappy by Faith Hunter. Series: Jane Yellowrock. Vampire Leo in a prequel escapade. ⭐️⭐️
12. Chase The Fire by John F Merz. Series: Lawson vampire. Yawn. Like Blade, but boring.⭐️
13. Unexpected Choices by Diana Pharaoh Francis. Series: Horngate Witches.
Endless talking between witches and angels with funky names. ⭐️
14. Reel Life by Steven Savile. Glass Tower book? Something about time travel. This guy is an A hole. ⭐️
15. The Difference Between Deceit and Delusion by Domino Finn. Series: Black Magic Outlaw?
Voodoo, ripping throats with metal teeth, drops right into a John Wick style fight scene.
Books 1-3 are offered for 1 credit. May be worth a sale purchase. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
16. Balance by Seanan McGuire. Series: October Daye? Excellent twilight zone-ish tale
starring an evil cuckoo creature (the bird, not the crazy, although she is pathological). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
17. Everywhere by Sam Witt. Series: Pitchfork County?
Old McDonald had a farm… meets invasion of the body snatcher. ⭐️⭐️
No stand-alones & a retread from other collections
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I bought it for the Butcher story.
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fun rides
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Author had a hard time transitioning to Adult. Too many women saying sweetee and cowboy for our tastes.
Okay but cheesy
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Love, love, love this book!
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