Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher ★★★★

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Jim Butcher has written short stories and novelettes in the continuity of his Dresden Files series, and this collects together all of the ones that have appeared in other works (other than the one in the Dresden Files RPG), along with a previously-unpublished novelette showing what some of the other characters get involved in after the events of Changes. Other than that latter, these are asides from the plot arc of the novels; they’re fun to read for a visit to the universe, but there isn’t any crucial long-term exposition in here. But it’s nice to see how Michael, the former Knight of the Cross, is dealing with his forced retirement from adventuring, and to see a story told from the perspective of Harry’s brother Thomas. This is a good way to get your Dresden Files fix while waiting for Ghost Story to come off the presses.