Holy birthdays, Bat-Man!

Though the title sounds more like it would be a Christopher Pike teen novel (don't lie—you know what I'm talking about), Many Bloody Returns is actually a compilation of vampire-related birthday stories by authors who are notorious amongst the vamp-lit crowd. Yeah, that's what I said. Like cakes and candles and presents...oh, and blood-sucking murder. Festive stuff like that. Tuesday, contributing authors Charlaine Harris, Rachel Caine, Bill Crider and P.N. Elrod rally at Barnes & Noble, Preston Road at Royal Lane, for a reading, Q&A and signing. Course, they only come out at night, so it starts at 7 p.m. Call 214-363-0924.
Tue., Sept. 4, 7 p.m.