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An all-new Dresden Files story headlines this urban fantasy short story collection starring the Windy City's favorite wizard. 

The world of Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is rife with intrigue - and creatures of all supernatural stripes. And you'll make their intimate acquaintance as Harry delves into the dark side of truth, justice, and the American way in this must-have short story collection. 

From the Wild West to the bleachers at Wrigley Field, humans, zombies, incubi, and even fey royalty appear, ready to blur the line between friend and foe. In the never-before-published "Zoo Day", Harry treads new ground as a dad, while fan-favorite characters Molly Carpenter, his onetime apprentice, White Council Warden Anastasia Luccio, and even Bigfoot stalk through the pages of more classic tales. 

With 12 stories in all, Brief Cases offers both longtime fans and first-time listeners tantalizing glimpses into Harry's funny, gritty, and unforgettable realm, whetting their appetites for more to come from the wizard with a heart of gold. 

Collection includes: 

  • "A Fistful of Warlocks" (from Straight Outta Tombstone, edited by David Boon), read by Cassandra Campbell
  • "B Is for Bigfoot" (from Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, edited by Jonathan Strahan), read by James Marsters 
  • "AAAA Wizardry" (from the Dresden Files RPG), read by James Marsters 
  • "I Was a Teenage Bigfoot" (from Blood Lite 3: Aftertaste, edited by Kevin J. Anderson), read by James Marsters 
  • "Curses" (from The Naked City, edited by Ellen Datlow), read by James Marsters 
  • "Even Hand" (from Dark and Stormy Knights, edited by P. N. Elrodread), read by Jim Butcher 
  • "Bigfoot on Campus" (from Hex Appeal, edited by P. N. Elrod), read by James Marsters 
  • "Bombshells" (from Dangerous Women, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois), read by Julia Whelan
  • "Cold Case" (from Shadowed Souls, edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie Hughes), read by Julia Whelan 
  • "Jury Duty" (from Unbound, edited by Shawn Speakman), read by James Marsters 
  • "Day One" (from Unfettered II, edited by Shawn Speakman), read by Oliver Wyman 
  • "Zoo Day" (original), read by James Marsters 

*The author’s notes that precede each story are read by the author.  
©2018 Jim Butcher (P)2018 Penguin Audio

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  • Ronald G. Overton
  • 06/06/2018

The original story is great

Quite a lot of this collection has been released elsewhere. Those stories are quite good, but I'm not exactly psyched about buying material I've already enjoyed and having it duplicated. The couple remaining stories and the new original Zoo Day were VERY good and made me hungry for more Dresden again. Worth the price if most of these are new to you. Worth the credit, at least for me, for the few that were new.

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  • Overlord Em
  • 05/06/2018

Let's be honest, we all came for Zoo Day.

Brief Cases is a series of short stories following brief moments in Harry Dresden and his friends strange lives and each are lovely. Yes, I purchased the audiobook purely for the last story, Zoo Day(as I had read the others except Day One), and I was not disappointed at all. Without giving much away, Zoo Day has alot more meat than you'd expect. Just a lovely story read by a lovely man.

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  • J.A.
  • 30/07/2018

James should have read the WHOLE thing

James Marsters IS the Dresden-virse. If it was a matter of scheduling they should have waited until he could read the WHOLE THING. They've done it before. John Glover read Ghost Story first and now you can't find that version here if you wanted to, they don't even give him credit for the performance. Personally, I liked Glover's performance but the fan base was so up in arms they re-recorded the story with James. They should do it again with this collection. I don't review things much but, all I can say is that while I enjoyed most of the material, it just isn't the same without James throughout the book.

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  • ChatNoirPottery
  • 02/07/2018

Recycled Stories

Too many previously released stories, not enough new ones, although they are all well done.

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  • Jeff
  • 05/06/2018

Not enough new stuff

As always, I loved the stories, however there was not enough new material to have waited this long for a new Dresden book. I felt a little cheated to have used up a credit for only 3 new-to-me stories.

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  • Kindle Customer
  • 11/07/2018

This one was just a meh for me.

This is for the audio version. I am so used to James Marsters doing the dialogue that I seriously cannot get into the story very well when someone other than James is reading. Although the female that voiced Molly Carpenter did a really good job and that was a very interesting story, my 2nd fave beside the bigfoot trilogy. i hope we see River Shoulders and Irwin again! I did not care for the one set in the old west, mostly because I've never invested in Luccio's character. And she always seemed more of a plot device than an actual person and that doesn't normally happen in the Dresden verse. I think that Jim Butcher does a great job of making us care for all the characters and show us their good and their bad sides, but she falls short for me. I really enjoyed the Bigfoot stories and I thought those were extremely well done. The one I did not care for at all was the one from Marcone's viewpoint and (going out on a limb to say that that one was voiced by Jim Butcher??). Regardless, I don't like his voice. I like his writing, when he leaves off the "me man you woman crap", but really cannot stand his voice. 😔 Even his prologues to each story were grating on my ears. His diction is great but that does not mean he is a great speaker. And that story was the worst of the pile for me. I like Marcone and feel he's went a lot more toward offering a truce than Harry has and this story bugged me because it felt out of character for him. Kind of like a way for us to understand Harrys dislike of the man by putting his words into Marcone's mouth and then to our ears. it didn't work for me. The story from three points of view at the end..the new one, was okay and it was interesting to see that there might be developments of Maggie and Mouse for the future but I would have skipped this one since I have read all the stories prior except the last one. Butcher sets the bar so high and James IS Harry Dresden. I would have rather he work on Peace Talks and Mirror Mirror than another anthogy. jmo.

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  • Joy Baker
  • 05/06/2018

Splendid Stories

The last one most especially, with differing viewpoints. Gotta love Harry and his friends. Now hurry up with the next book, dammit.

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  • Ray Johnson
  • 12/06/2018

Mostly old stories with one new one hoped for more

After waiting one hella long time for a new Dresden book to come out, Butcher finally gave us a taste of something new. One new short story out of a collection of previously published tales. Now what gets my goat is that he re-collects his bigfoot trilogy here, meaning that he had already had a book just for those tales. I am severely P.O.'d that they were included here, since I had already purchased the Working for Bigfoot book a long time ago. That would be like taking three stories from Cold Cases and re-presenting them here. That would upset a lot of buyers, paying for the same set of stories twice. That move cost 2 stars in the overall. Either write a few extra shorts to fluff out your book, or don't recycle. I might have been able to stomach 1 retread, but not 3. As for the narration, Marsters does not do all of the voice work. Molly's two stories are read by a lady, Julia Whelan, who does a very nice job, but I would have preferred James. It grated on me when she would say Leanan Sidhe. James says it as La-non-she, she says it as La-nan-she, and it just pushed me out of the story. Seriously, if you are going to narrate a short for a series that has a rabid devotion to its narrator do some simple research. Butter's tale is also not by Marsters, and I see no reason for that at all. Wyman isn't bad, but, again, no reason for it to not be Marsters. The first story, A Fistful of Warlocks by Cassandra Campbell was just flat. I would have preferred Whelan over Campbell. She did not do Anastasia justice. So, overall I am dissatisfied with the narration. That was one star off, I have to be fair, and I understand Marsters can't do everything, but Campbell hurt the story and I barely got through it. The one shining moment of this book was the last story, A day at the Zoo, in which we got three very different events for the people involved. Maggie, Harry, and Mouse all have a connected but seperate set of experiences while at the zoo, and for me, finally getting to see things from Mouse's perspective was the one thing that made this collection worthwhile. Does it make up for the incredibly long wait we have been forced to endure? No, but at least it shows Butcher can still write Harry adventures. I'm sure I'm being overly critical, because hey, who doesn't like paying for the same exact thing twice? Have a favorite narrator? Let's not use him for eveything! Man, I get that sometimes you want a woman to read a story from a woman's perspective, but marsters has been living these characters for years. If he can't pull off Molly and Anastasia stories who can? I'm all for collecting tales that not everyone could find, but this was a big disappointment. It is not fantastic, I don't have rose colored glasses on and I do not think that Butcher can do no wrong. There are a lot of things wrong with this book. Nothing horrible, but I really expected more.

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  • Gargamont
  • 07/06/2018

I already own most of these.

The bad news is if you're a die hard Dresden fan you probably already own most of these contained in other anthologies. The good news is if you don't own the rest of the anthologies you can skip all the mediocre writing in the others and get your concentrated Dresden fix here. Plus there is a little bit of new material. Disappointingly little, but some.

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  • 06/06/2018

not enough new material to justify price.

I am giving the collection 2 stars because it does not have enough new material. the stories are great and I enjoyed them the first time I purchased them. About 1/3 of the book was previously released as working for Bigfoot. of the remaining stories most of them have been released in other anthologie that if you are a Dresden fan you have gotten multiple recomdations for. if you have not purchased any of the other books the stores were published in the past it is worth every penny.

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  • M. Zürcher
  • 18/09/2018

love it but

Working for Bigfoot is included which I already bought. so about 3 stories less for me. the rest? loved it. missed Harry!

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  • Zitrone
  • 07/07/2018

All the feels

I really enjoyed listening to this one. It was amazing and emotional to see the stories through the eyes of the people in Dresden's life. The last one with his daughter and Mouse really got me! Eventhough I would have enjoyed it more, when James Marsters had read everything, I didn't hate the new voices. They did a really good job.