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This economical mass-market book contains 150 of the best-loved Bible stories at a very small price.

With Nelson's Bedtime Bible Stories, children actually listen to and read a true Bible translation (the International Children's Bible), not a paraphrase or retelling of the Bible.And parents and Sunday school teachers will appreciate its condensed approach to the stories, which makes it easier to use with young children (and their short attention spans)!

Eye-catching spot line drawings add interest to this already interesting Bible storybook.

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I could only read an hour of this.
Read, 'what the bible is all about for young explorers' by henrietta mears. it's much better. ... Read more

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A DYING MAN’S GREATEST TREASURE…

Mortimer Moorecook, retired Wall Street raider, avid collector, is losing his fight against cancer. With weeks to live, a package arrives at the door of his hillside mansion—an artifact he paid millions for…a hominoid skull with elongated teeth, discovered in a farmer’s field in the Romanian countryside. With Shanna, his beautiful research assistant looking on, he sinks the skull’s razor sharp fangs into his neck, and immediately goes into convulsions.

OPENS THE DOOR TO AN ANCIENT EVIL...

A rural hospital. A slow night in the ER. Until Moorecook arrives strapped to a gurney, where he promptly codes and dies.

WHERE DEATH IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

Four well-known horror authors pool their penchants for scares and thrills, and tackle one of the greatest of all legends, with each writer creating a unique character and following them through a vampire outbreak in a secluded hospital.

The goal was simple: write the most intense novel they possibly could.

Which they did.

A Word of Warning:

Within these pages, you will find no black capes, no satin-lined coffins, no brooding heartthrobs who want to talk about your feelings. Forget sunlight and stakes. Throw out your garlic and your crosses. This is the Anti-TWILIGHT.

NOTE: DRACULAS is a full length novel, 80,000 words long. But this ebook is also brimming with an additional 80,000 words of extras and bonuses:

- a clickable table of contents
- a round-robin interview with Strand, Wilson, Crouch, and Kilborn about writing DRACULAS
- deleted scenes
- two alternate endings
- four excerpts from the authors’ other works
- the short story “Serial” by Crouch and Kilborn
- the short story “Cub Scout Gore Feast” by Kilborn and Strand
- the short story “A Sound of Blunder” by Kilborn and Wilson
- author biographies
- comprehensive clickable bibliographies
- an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the writing of DRACULAS, delivered through a collection of over seven hundred emails between the writers as they were brainstorming and writing the book

About the Authors:

F. PAUL WILSON is an award-winning, NY Times bestselling novelist whose work spans horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, young adult, and virtually everything between.He is best known as the author of THE KEEP and creator of the urban mercenary Repairman Jack.

JACK KILBORN is a pen name of J.A. Konrath, who has written six Jack Daniels thrillers. The seventh, SHAKEN, will be available this October.Kilborn is the author of AFRAID, ENDURANCE, TRAPPED, and SERIAL UNCUT, (written with Blake Crouch) which has been downloaded more than 250,000 times.

JEFF STRAND is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of such novels as PRESSURE, DWELLER, GRAVEROBBERS WANTED (NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY), BENJAMIN'S PARASITE, and THE SINISTER MR. CORPSE. His secret shame is SUCKERS, co-written with J.A. Konrath.

BLAKE CROUCH is the author of four thrillers, DESERT PLACES, LOCKED DOORS, ABANDON, and SNOWBOUND, all published by St. Martin’s Press. His short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen, THRILLER 2, and other anthologies. ... Read more

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A bloody good read
Although this kind of book is not my usual fare, I have to say I really enjoyed it. What made this book for me was not the blood and gore - and I must admit I skimmed through some of that - but the characters who have stayed with me long after the book.

The heroic nurse, the minister whose wife is about to have a baby, the guy who loves guns, and ex-husband who redeems himself - all quite memorable.

And, the occasional touches of humor, best represented by the clown who was bitten and then, as he ravaged his victims, took the time to turn certain body parts into.... well I don't want to give it away but I found it very funny and creepy all at once.

If you are fan of vampires that do not sparkle, but writing that does, I wouldn't hesitate to buy this book. Even if you are like me, and "close your eyes" at some of the gore, I bet you find it memorable. I know I did and I hope there will be a sequel.

More Gore Than Horror
It's true, four authors seamlessly collaborate on a horror story.I could guess who wrote what, but it wasn't obvious.At first glance, this book should have everything I love and that's why I bought it.However, it really wasn't my taste at all.It's so disappointing when that happens.BUT, it might be up someone else's alley.

The book starts out with a disclaimer, which I thought clever.I'm a fan of horror and not easily scared.I say bring it on, I dare you to frighten me!Sadly, Draculas was more gore than horror.The first half of the story is page after page of blood, brains and slaughter.I felt like I was stuck in a bad B horror movie.Perhaps, because this reads like a screenplay rather than a book.It begins with a cast of characters, most of which are disposable and are only introduced (cameo) to add to the carnage later.Of course, I really don't care if they get ripped to shreds.In fact, I know they are going to die.The amount of gore has the similar effect as Tarantino's "Natural Born Killers."It's desensitizing and becomes almost funny instead of scary.More brains, blood and well, blood.The character development is cardboard.Insert:Bruce Willis from Die hard (one-liners included), David Arquette from Eight-Legged Freaks, John Goodman, any stereotypical dumb hick cop (I choose the Dukes of Hazard cast) and Mr. Burns from The Simpsons and you have the players in Draculas.In between the flying blood and guts there is a weak attempt at plot.Regret, attraction, love and redemption?Not really.Emotionally, I could have cared less because the 'thinking' was scribed, predictable and stereotypical.

I realize these writers have a cult following who enjoy the stories.Their style just didn't appeal to me.If you like slaughter house horror flicks, then you'll be a fan.Comic relief is strung between the body parts and one-liner references are abundant.It even comes with a scary clown.Yes, I think Hollywood would buy this in a minute.

Too much of a good thing
The authors are to be commended for their motivations in writing this novel.They want to remind readers that vampires weren't always pretty, brooding young adults with torn allegiances and guilty consciences.They want to return readers to the time when vampires were something to be feared, horrors that stalk the night.They created, in their words, the "anti-Twilight."In this they succeeded.

However, I think they took their task a little too seriously, to the point of ridiculous.The book is a B-horror bloodfest, with gore dripping from every page in a blatant bid to shock and awe the reader.There was so much of it that it became tedious.The authors try to mix it up by tossing in something to scare everyone, but even this was overdone.Without giving away too much, I'll just say that if you can imagine a cliche or popular terror-inducing meme, it's probably in this book.I can almost imagine the four of them trying to outdo one another in horrible brinkmanship.

There are things to like here, so I can't pan it completely.The offered theory of where these "draculas" came from (and Vlad the Impaler's involvement therein) is excellent.Just about all of the men in the book are either evil or socially inept goofballs, but at least the women are strong and enabled.One in particular deserved more development than she was given.Even the ending wasn't entirely bad, if the authors see it through and deliver on the promise they made.

In summary, I cannot definitively say "read" or "don't read."If you're looking for a story that grips you with unseen horrors and cerebral terror, don't bother.If you want Hollywood-style buckets o' blood and gory derring-do, this is for you.The plot is thin but the bodies are thick."Twilight" this isn't, and for that alone it may be worth the ride.

Draculas
I really enjoyed this book.It is a good page turner, because you always want to know what happens next.And it'll definitely hold your attention because the never really stops.I didn't really find it all that scary,though.But there was a lot of blood and gore. I don't usually good for that kind of stuff, but it was done well and the story was good.
I wonder if these authors will ever get together for another book.

so so...
I have loved several of this authors books, but was disappointed in Draculas.Yeah, it was gory and had lots of violence... but the story line was severely lacking... I love gory stories... but you need the gore for a reason... not just for the sake of gore... ... Read more