I love a good vampire tale and there were some good ones in here. This collection was geared at teens, but the writing was good and this book was very enjoyable. (It's about 10 years old, and there was some dated language in the book).

The new anthology TEETH, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, includes a delectable assortment of bite sized vampire stories that should be tasted and savored. Yes, all of the stories are that good. One of the best things about TEETH is that the stories consistently establish strong, unique worlds filled with characters who are compelling and interesting. Plus, you’re sure to find a few new vampiric details and treasures that are not part of the standard mythology in today’s vampire litera...

I plan to come back and write a full review early next week, but for now: another great anthology from the Datlow-Windling team, featuring a large number of great stories. While they all deal with teenagers and vampires (and sometimes, teenage vampires), they don't feel repetitive at all. Really really loved the Steve Berman, Delia Sherman, Garth Nix, Ellen Kushner, Tanith Lee and Catherynne M. Valente stories -- but then again, those are authors whose work rarely lets me down!* * * * * Full rev...

I didn't find the majority of these short stories to be anything particularly special. A few were the same old vampire tales redone. However, I was very much intrigued by a few--oddly enough, by the authors whom I had never read before. The best, I thought, by far was "Best Friends Forever" by Cecil Castellucci. It was unexpected and actually seemed to be about something much more than vampires. "Sunbleached" by Nathan Ballingrud was probably the most "horrific", which I found fantastic, since m...

Fantastic anthology! As good as Zombies bs Unicorns which was my favourite international antho of last year. This is darkly brilliant and definitely worth your while!

Reviewed by Theresa L. Stowell for TeensReadToo.comThis eerie collection features nineteen pieces by authors such as Neil Gaiman (THE GRAVEYARD BOOK), Melissa Marr (WICKED LOVELY series), Cassandra Clare (CLOCKWORK ANGEL) and Holly Black (THE CURSE WORKERS and GOOD NEIGHBORS series).The first story in the anthology is “Things to Know About Being Dead” by Genevieve Valentine. After surviving a car accident, Suyin discovers that she’s not quite alive and not quite dead. She has become a jiang-shi,...

I was disappointed that they advertise a Neil Gaiman story in this anthology when what's really there is a 2-page poem. It's a good poem (4*), but short. Having said that, I thought the anthology started with a great introduction about vampire mythology, literature and cinema/television over time. The following are my reviews of the individual stories as they appear in the anthology:3* - Genevieve Valentine "Things to Know About Being Dead" - Interrupted flow, weak language, but good imagery, cr...

Things to Know About Being Dead by Genevieve ValentineInteresting and dark, I thought the inclusion of the rules was fun.All Smiles by Steve BermanI liked this one. Especially the idea that a tattoo of holy script would sour someone's blood for a vampire.Gap Year by Christopher BarzakAnother one that I liked. I was hoping for more of a happy ending as things moved along, but I loved the look at how friends grow apart and move on as they grow up.Bloody Sunrise by Neil GaimanI love Neil Gaiman's w...

Things to Know About Being Dead By: Genevieve ValentineVery good story. I loved the integration of a different lore for the story.Rating: 5 StarsAll Smiles By: Steve BermanInteresting story. Loved the ending. A little confusing. I THINK the main character's gay...Rating: 4.5 StarsGap Year By: Christopher BarzakTWIST ENDING! I loved it. I wasn't sure because it looked like it was going in a gay direction but it pulled through in the end.Rating: 5 Stars!Bloody Sunrise By: Neil Gaimenummm, I think

I was asked for a recommendation on interesting vampire books and while I thought about vampire stories that "don't suck" Late Bloomer by Suzy Mckee Charnas came to mind. I'll re-read the collection someday - I've rated it 4 stars because any collection has some duds.

A friend gave me an uncorrected proof to read. I went strong for 310 pages. Then I needed to take a break. Short stories are not usually a genre I love as I like to follow character development for long periods of time. Still, there were some really fun new approaches to vampires.

I got an advanced reading copy of this book through Book It Forward ARC Tours. This was an excellent anthology with a lot of really great vampire stories. It is young adult, but I would recommend for older young adults because of swearing and sexuality. Most of the stories were more horror/urban fantasy than paranormal romance. I am going to highlight some of the stories I really enjoyed, and there were a lot of them that I really enjoyed. The first story "Things to Know About Being Dead" by Gen...

Okay let me tally this one up. Around the middle section I was getting impatient. There was a hunk that seemed pretty average or lower - it picked up by the end. Unfortunately there is some YA that is just good writing and other YA which only exists to be YA, which is fine but boring.Introduction - I don't really pay attention to introductions unless they are really stand out. Don't remember this one!Things to Know About Being Dead by Genevieve ValentineSorta suffers from the Y.A. voice thing. T...

I love short story collections as a palate-cleanser after reading intense books and as a way to discover new authors. Ellen Datlow is the gold standard when it comes to Science Fiction and Fantasy collections and she comes through once again with all these stories about vampires. Can I just say that I love how lurid and trashy the cover of this book is and how little about the cover actually does to indicate that the stories inside are about vampires? I really do. The cover actually looks like r...

Short story anthologies can, by definition, be very hit-or-miss affairs. Taken as a whole, Teeth: Vampire Tales, definitely falls within the "mixed bag" heading. That is, some of the stories are great, others are so-so, while a few were just plain not ready for publication. Most troubling for me, of course, was the fact that Windling and Datlow's somewhat patronizing introduction to the work makes a couple of unfortunate assumptions: (1) first, that only 'tweens read Young Adult fiction and (2)

My full review is here on my personal website. I'll post a few excerpts here, though:3.5 out of 5.0 starsThe very worst thing about this book is that it actually gets boring. :-/ The next time I read this, I’m going to make sure that I space all the stories out a bit instead of one immediately after another. They’re all interesting stories, but there are just so many of them that I got tired of hearing about vampires that were just slightly different from the traditional stereotype… *sigh* This

* Introduction - Quite interesting! Things about certain vampires having to count grains of spilt rice, which is an interesting distraction.* Things to Know About Being Dead - Started off okay, but I got bored as it went along. The ending wasn't much of an ending either.* All Smiles - This was okay. About a boy running away from camp who hitchhikes, and gets picked up by two vampires, (view spoiler)[ who then go to a gas station and kill the person at the counter and drink his blood. (hide spoi...

An uncommonly good collection. Highly original, fun stuff from a bunch of authors I already loved and some new-to-me ones I now want to check out. Only two or three entries really fell flat for me, which considering my usual ambivalence towards short story collections is impressive. (And this after Steam Powered! I hope this is the start of a trend.)I think my favorites were Genevieve Valentine's "Things to Know About Being Dead," Delia Sherman's "Flying," and Catherynne Valente's "In the Future...

(Review edited for syntax and spelling Sept 2017.) Since this book was made up of a collection of short stories, which were very different from each other, I reviewed them separately. Overall, the stories were very hit-or-miss with me, but when they hit, boy, did they. Like a sledgehammer to my gut. Some of these stick under my skin years later. (Like a puncture wound to the jugular, anyone?) IntroductionI normally wouldn't review an introduction, but I really enjoyed it. Stuffed with vampire hi...

I read a few of these with titles and authors that interested me, and it seems like a strong collection. Fans of the genre should find a lot to enjoy.The stories I read seemed to fit the "Young Adult" genre: definitely pretty "bloody" but not overly gory, I would say more "death-obsessed" and focusing on the emotional, ethical, and relationship contradictions of vampire... er, life.Things to Know about Being Dead by Genevieve Valentine - 5 starsThe List of Definite Endings by Kaaron Warren - 4 s...