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Changeling: The Dreaming
City Of Darkness: Unseen
Infiltrate Treasure Island with a renegade band of werewolves. Face the sunrise with a vampire seeks relief from unlife. Join a mage as she confronts the most threatening enemy of all... herself.
These creatures and others stalk the World of Darkness. A world similar to our own, but subtly altered by the clandestine doings of its hidden, nocturnal denizens. This collection chronicals the adventures of characters featured in previous World of Darkness anthologies. Continue their journys and learn the truth of what lurks in San Francisco's shadows.
These creatures and others stalk the World of Darkness. A world similar to our own, but subtly altered by the clandestine doings of its hidden, nocturnal denizens. This collection chronicals the adventures of characters featured in previous World of Darkness anthologies. Continue their journys and learn the truth of what lurks in San Francisco's shadows.
400 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1995
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August 17, 2022
DO. NOT. READ. THIS. TRASH. Holy heavenly God this is one of the worst works of fiction I've ever managed to finish. On a whim, and probably in a state of psychosis, I decided to go through all the vampire-specific literature released by White Wolf. Clan novels, pretty cool, some of the other collections, like Beast Within, cool. This? OMGGGGG. As with any RPG novels, you don't expect much; maybe a little entertainment with the occasional deep thought, and that's totally fine. This one, however, is the worst White Wolf fiction I've read to date. There is absolutely NOTHING redeeming about it. The only reason I picked it up was to continue some of the stories related to vampires that connect to earlier books. Generally, White Wolf's vampire fiction is enjoyable. Here, however, the majority of the stories are from the company's less popular series. The bulk are Mage the Ascension and Wraith the Oblivion shorts, with Werewolf the Apocalypse pulling in at third. I cannot begin to describe how awful these stories are. I frequently fell asleep, forgot what I read because my mind wandered, and was left wondering what in the world even happened so poorly were characters and plots constructed. A further issue is that the stories frequently use terminology from the games with no explanation, so these stories are absolutely NOT for anyone unfamiliar with the games. I really only know about Vampire the Masquerade, so looking up terms on my phone to make sense out of a single sentence here and there in a story I could barely care about was freaking annoying. And someone please explain to me why the worst stories in this collection were also the LONGEST? Jesus Christ. Just avoid this one, please.
January 19, 2020
OH Lord, what to say. WOD, so much memory tied into you and so much nostalgia that keeps getting trashed. This book has so much going against it: It's rpg fiction which means it is usually written by fans or staff writers. It's an anthology which often means it is hit or miss as well. It's WoD which means it's filled with angst and pseudo-goth diatribes.
This is the first book in a long time that I completely gave up on. I tried to read 4 of the stories and then skimmed another 3. The number of trite tropish non-since is baffling to me at 40+. I know that I was never much into the wider WOD scene back in the day and kind of thought most people who were were a bit.... silly. I loved the system and it has had a huge impact on my gaming life, and I had two really good irl groups who I ran it with. I was also in three major online games (one of my own that had 100+ registered players and 10 STs at one point) and for the most part 60-70% of the players were childish immature idiots who mainly wanted to have cybersex with vampires.
I am sure at some point I would have read this book and thought it was ok, but I've actually read good things since then. Hell, Mack Bolan is better written than most of the stories in this thing.
This is the first book in a long time that I completely gave up on. I tried to read 4 of the stories and then skimmed another 3. The number of trite tropish non-since is baffling to me at 40+. I know that I was never much into the wider WOD scene back in the day and kind of thought most people who were were a bit.... silly. I loved the system and it has had a huge impact on my gaming life, and I had two really good irl groups who I ran it with. I was also in three major online games (one of my own that had 100+ registered players and 10 STs at one point) and for the most part 60-70% of the players were childish immature idiots who mainly wanted to have cybersex with vampires.
I am sure at some point I would have read this book and thought it was ok, but I've actually read good things since then. Hell, Mack Bolan is better written than most of the stories in this thing.
April 11, 2013
The title of my book matches this one, but Stanley Krause is not mentioned. Editors are Erin Kelly and Stewart Wieck. None of the stories is by Krause either. Kind of odd his name is on the credits here 3 times.
A collection of related short stories by multiple authors, the book is set in San Francisco, in some dark fantastic future. Charged with atmosphere, the stories address political freedom and anarchy, relationships, tyranny, and death. Some were very good. Overall, it is a tight-knit and interesting world, a well-done collection.
I would add the cover, but I can't figure out how.
A collection of related short stories by multiple authors, the book is set in San Francisco, in some dark fantastic future. Charged with atmosphere, the stories address political freedom and anarchy, relationships, tyranny, and death. Some were very good. Overall, it is a tight-knit and interesting world, a well-done collection.
I would add the cover, but I can't figure out how.
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