title: Dead But Not Forgotten: Stories from the World of Sookie Stackhouse
author:  Charlaine Harris 
description: <b>Praise for <i>Dead But Not Forgotten</i></b><br /><br />A must-readA great mix of funny and dark, this anthology will have readers and fans beyond excited.<i>Suspense Magazine</i><br /><br />This wildly entertaining anthology features well-known authors delving into the lives of existing characters found in Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse novels...Crisp storytelling, sharp dialogue and great pacing are highlightsof what, for Sookie fans, will be an anthology to die for.<i>RT Book Reviews</i><br /><br /> <b>Praise for #1 <i>New York Times</i>bestselling authorCharlaine HarrissSookie Stackhouse novels</b><br /><br />Its the kind of book you look forward to reading before you go to bed, thinking youre only going to read one chapter, and then you end up reading seven.Alan Ball, executive producer of <i>True Blood</i><br /><br />Vivid, subtle, and funny in her portrayal of southern life.<i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br /><br />Charlaine Harris has vividly imagined telepathic barmaid Sookie Stackhouse and her small-town Louisiana milieu, where humans, vampires, shapeshifters, and other sentient critters live...Her mash-up of genres is delightful, taking elements from mysteries, horror stories, and romances.<i>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</i><br /><br />The series continues to be inventive and funny with an engaging, smart, and sexy heroine.<i>The Denver Post</i><br /><br />Blending action, romance, and comedy, Harris has created a fully functioning world so very close to our own, except, of course, for the vamps and other supernatural creatures.<i>The Toronto Star</i>
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  Charlaine Harris
  
  
  
  
  
  Charlaine Harris is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie
  Stackhouse novels and the Harper Connelly series. She’s been nominated for a
  
  
  bunch of awards, and she even won a few of them. She lives in southern Ark
  ansas
  
  
  in a country house that has a fluctuating population of people and animals. S
  
  
  he
  
  
  loves to read.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  It was Christmas Eve. I was all by myself.
  
  
  Does that sound sad and pathetic enough to make you say, “Poor Sookie
  Stackhouse!”? You don’t need to. I was feeling plenty sorry for myself, and
  the
  
  
  more I thought about my solitude at this time of the year, the more my eyes
  welled and my chin quivered.
  
  
  Most people hang with their family and friends at the holiday season. I actua
  lly
  
  
  do have a brother, but we aren’t speaking. I’d recently discovered I have a
  living great-grandfather, though I didn’t believe he would even realize it was
  Christmas. (Not because he’s senile, far from it—but because