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Collection copyright © 2017 by Charlaine Harris, Inc.
“Fairy Dust” copyright © 2004 by Charlaine Harris
“Dracula Night” copyright © 2007 by Charlaine Harris
“One Word Answer” copyright © 2005 by Charlaine Harris
“Lucky” copyright © 2008 by Charlaine Harris, Inc.
“Gift Wrap” copyright © 2008 by Charlaine Harris, Inc.
“Two Blondes” copyright © 2010 by Charlaine Harris, Inc.
“Small-Town Wedding” copyright © 2011 by Charlaine Harris, Inc.
“If I Had a Hammer” copyright © 2011 by Charlaine Harris, Inc.
“Playing Possum” copyright © 2012 by Charlaine Harris, Inc.
“In the Blue Hereafter” copyright © 2014 by Charlaine Harris, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Harris, Charlaine, author.
Title: The complete Sookie Stackhouse stories / Charlaine Harris.
Description: First edition. | New York : Ace, 2017.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017024221 | ISBN 9780399587597 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780399587603 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Stackhouse, Sookie (Fictitious character)—Fiction. | Paranormal romance stories. | BISAC: FICTION / Fantasy / Urban Life. | FICTION / Romance / Paranormal. | FICTION / Short Stories (single author). | GSAFD: Fantasy fiction. | Occult fiction. | Mystery fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3558.A6427 A6 2017 | DDC 813/.54—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017024221
First Edition: November 2017
“Fairy Dust” was first published in Powers of Detection . “Dracula Night” was first published in Many Bloody Returns . “One Word Answer” was first published in Bite . “Lucky” was first published in Unusual Suspects . “Gift Wrap” was first published in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe . “Two Blondes” was first published in Death’s Excellent Vacation . “Small-Town Wedding” was first published in The Sookie Stackhouse Companion . “If I Had a Hammer” was first published in Home Improvement: Undead Edition . “Playing Possum” was first published in An Apple for the Creature . “In the Blue Hereafter” was first published in Games Creatures Play .
Cover illustration by Lisa Desimini; floral border © Tolchik/iStockphotos/Thinkstock
Cover design by Judith Lagerman
Title page/part opener art: thicket illustration © vectorbomb/Shutterstock
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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