Where to Start with Paula Guran
- Best entry point → Blood Sisters: Vampire Stories by Women
- Best standalone → Zombies: More Recent Dead
- Start The Morganville Vampires: Extras #9 (Dead Man Stalking ) series → Vampires: The Recent Undead
- What fans keep coming back to → Zombies: The Recent Dead
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Zombies: More Recent Dead
by Paula Guran, Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman, Kathleen Tierney, Stephen Graham Jones, Joe R. Lansdale, Jonathan Maberry, Carrie Vaughn, Carrie Ryan, Matthew Johnson
Narrated by Sean Pratt, Marguerite Gavin
★ 3.64 ABR Score (342 ratings)★ 3.63 Goodreads (212) ★ 4.08 Audible (130)20h 14m listening time • Released 2014 - 2
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2010
Kyle Murchison Booth • Book 4
by Paula Guran, Kelley Armstrong, Holly Black, Ramsey Campbell, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Joe R. Lansdale, Stewart O'Nan, Sarah Pinborough, Norman Prentiss, Barbara Roden, Lucius Shepard, Peter Straub, Michael Shea, Kelly Link, Ekaterina Sedia, Catherynne M. Valente, Gerard Houarner, Gemma Files, Kurt Dinan, Elizabeth Bear, Roby Davies, Maura McHugh, Dale Bailey, Deborah Biancotti, Gary McMahon, Holly Phillips, John Mantooth, Marc Laidlaw, Margo Lanagan, Michael Marshall Smith, Nadia Bulkin, Nathan Ballingrud, Paul Tremblay, Peter Atkins, Sarah Monette, Seth Fried, Stephen Graham Jones, Steve Duffy, Steve Rasnic Tem, Suzy McKee Charnas, John Langan
Narrated by Kristin James, Matt Godfrey
★ 3.60 ABR Score (436 ratings)★ 3.84 Goodreads (431) ★ 4 Audible (5)11h 20m listening time • Released 2023 - 3
Blood Sisters: Vampire Stories by Women
by Paula Guran
Narrated by Fleet Cooper, Daniel Deadwyler, Bethany Lind
★ 3.54 ABR Score (337 ratings)★ 3.54 Goodreads (314) ★ 3.48 Audible (23)22h 28m listening time • Released 2015 - 4
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume Two
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror • Book 2
by Paula Guran
Narrated by James Fouhey, Julienne Irons
★ 3.53 ABR Score (93 ratings)★ 3.85 Goodreads (89) ★ 3.75 Audible (4)17h 44m listening time • Released 2023 - 5
Vampires: The Recent Undead
The Morganville Vampires: Extras #9 (Dead Man Stalking )
by Paula Guran, Albert E. Cowdrey, J.A. Konrath, Jeanne C. Stein, Karen Russell, Kelley Armstrong, Kim Newman, Mary Turzillo, Michael Marshall Smith, Nancy Kilpatrick, Nisi Shawl, Barbara Roden, Rachel Caine, Stephen Dedman, Susan Sizemore, Tanith Lee, Tanya Huff, Tina Rath, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Carrie Vaughn, Charlaine Harris, Charles de Lint, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Conrad Williams, Holly Black, John Langan
Narrated by Bahni Turpin, Jonathan Davis, Khristine Hvam, Suzanne Toren, Marc Vietor, Josh Hurley, Edoardo Ballerini
★ 3.45 ABR Score (1.1K ratings)★ 3.6 Goodreads (958) ★ 3.6 Audible (191)19h 31m listening time • Released 2011A stellar ensemble cast elevates this vampire anthology across every genre imaginable, from horror to romance to science fiction, proving the undead are endlessly reinventable.
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Zombies: The Recent Dead
by Paula Guran, Steve Duffy, Max Brooks, Nik Houser, Andy Duncan, David J. Schow, Joe R. Lansdale, Neil Gaiman, Alice Sola Kim, Gary A. Braunbeck, Francesca Lia Block, Tobias S. Buckell, David Wellington, Tim Waggoner, Kit Reed, Brian Keene, Kelly Link, Gary McMahon, Scott Edelman, Kevin Veale, Michael Marshall Smith, Tim Lebbon, David Prill
Narrated by Jonathan Davis, L J Ganser, Josh Hurley, Bahni Turpin, Marc Vietor
★ 3.34 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)★ 3.66 Goodreads (939) ★ 3.4 Audible (268)20h 3m listening time • Released 2011Multiple narrators bring real texture to these zombie stories, each voice matched to the tale's mood. From Neil Gaiman to Joe Lansdale, it's a masterclass in how short fiction anthology audio can outpace reading.
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