Blood Lite edited by Kevin J. Anderson

Pocket, 2008
ISBN: 1416567836
Available: Trade paperback (new & used) & multiformat digital

Blood Lite is a collection of humorous horror stories, which more often than not means poking fun at horror tropes. If you’re a fan of Jeff Strand-style stories you’re in luck, because not only is a story by him here, so are 20 other tales of tongue-in-cheek terror.
Standouts include Kelley Armstrong’s “The Ungrateful Dead” about a woman who can see the dead and finds them to be as annoying and pushy as the living; “A Good Psycho is Hard to Find” by Will Ludwigsen, which points out some of the more realistic side effects of surviving a teen psycho murderer; and Jim Butcher’s “Day Off”. Altogether, it’s a very fun and dark collection that’s sure to do well by horror (or dark fantasy or suspense, or whatever we’re calling horror these days) fans. Definitely recommended.
Contains: Sex, language, gore, violence, bad puns