An Apple for the Creature
by Toni L. P. Kelner, Charlaine Harris, Rhys Bowen, Marjorie M. Liu, Ilona Andrews

Includes a never-before-published Sookie Stackhouse story!

What could be scarier than the first day of school? How about a crash course in the paranormal from Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner, editors of Home Improvement: Undead Edition? Your worst school nightmares—taking that math test you never studied for, finding yourself naked in school assembly, not knowing which door to enter—will pale in comparison to these thirteen original stories that take academic anxiety to whole new realms.

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris’s story, “Playing Possum,” Sookie Stackhouse brings enough birthday cupcakes for her nephew’s entire class but finds she’s one short when the angry ex-boyfriend of the school secretary shows up.

When her guardian, Kate Daniels, sends her undercover to a school for exceptional children, teenaged Julie learns an all-new definition of “exceptional,” in New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews’s “Magic Tests.”

For those who like fangs with their forensics, New York Times bestselling author Nancy Holder offers “VSI,” in which FBI agent Claire is tested as never before in a school for Vampire Scene Investigation.

And in New York Times bestselling author Thomas Sniegoski’s “The Bad Hour,” Remy Chandler and his dog Marlowe find evil unleashed in an obedience school.

You’ll need more than an apple to stave off the creatures in these and nine other stories. Remember your first lesson: resistance is fruitless!

Includes stories by: Ilona Andrews, Amber Benson, Rhys Bowen, Mike Carey, Charlaine Harris, Donald Harstad, Steve Hockensmith, Nancy Holder, Faith Hunter, Toni L. P. Kelner, Marjorie Liu, Jonathan Maberry, Thomas Sniegoski

Other Books by Toni L. P. Kelner

Crimes by Moonlight
Mysteries from the Dark Side

Blast from the Past
A Where Are They Now? Mystery #3

Crimes by Moonlight
Mysteries from the Dark Side

Who Killed the Pinup Queen?
A "Where Are They Now?" Mystery #2

Curse of the Kissing Cousins
A "Where Are They Now?" Mystery #2

Wed And Buried

Toni L. P. Kelner's Bio

Fact Sheet

Home Town
Born in Pensacola, FL
Grew up in Gulf Breeze, FL
& Charlotte, NC
Currently living in Malden, MA

Day Job
Former technical writer
Currently full time writer

Married
To Stephen Paul Kelner, Jr.

Children
Two daughters: Maggie and Valerie

Organizations
American Crime Writers League
Femmes Fatales
Mystery Writers of America
Sisters in Crime

Awards

Anthony Award Nominee for Best Short Story for "How Stella Got Her Grave Back"

Agatha Award Winner and Anthony Award Nominee for Best Short Story for "Sleeping With the Plush"

Romantic Times BOOKreviews Career Achievement Award Winner for Mystery Series in 2002

Anthony and Macavity Award Nominee for Best Short Story for "Bible Belt"

Romantic Times BOOKreviews Career Achievement Award Nominee for Mystery Series in 2001

Romantic Times BOOKreviews Reviewers' Choice Award Nominee for Death of a Damn Yankee

Agatha Award Nominee for Best Short Story for "The Death of Erik the Redneck"