title: The Complete And Totally True Book Of Urban Legends
author:  Ann Fiery 
description: As it happens, that little dog that got nuked in the microwave was named Vince. That's one of the priceless details Ann Fiery has added to breathe new life into 25 old stories in <i>The Completely and Totally True Book of Urban Legends</i>. The tanning-booth disaster becomes a tragedy of suburban banality, the hydrogen beer fiasco levels a city, and subtle anti-American sentiments find expression in a simple toothbrush. Fiery's prose is sharp and engaging, her characterization lively, and her pacing brilliant. Artist Mark Ulriksen captures the essence of each tale with a creepy (if often quite funny) painting that leers from a facing page. The retelling of these legends in short-short story form forces the reader to think about how they hold our interest, why we love to hear and spread them, and why so many are about dogs. <i>--Rob Lightner</i>
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  This book is a work of fiction. Any references to real places are used
  fictitiously. Names, characters, fictitious places, and events are the
  products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual persons,
  living or dead, places, or events is purely coincidental.
  
  
  Copyright © 2015 by Michael Bradley
  
  
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  Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication data
  
  
  Bradley, Michael, 1970-  
  Sirens in the night / Michael Bradley.  
  pages cm  
  ISBN 9780692517192 (pbk.)  
  ISBN 9780692517208 (ebook)
  
  
  1\. Mythology, Greek --Fiction. 2. Detectives --Pennsylvania --Philadelphia
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