Heroes in Hell is a series of shared world

Shared universe

A shared universe is a fictional universe to which more than one writer contributes. Work set in a shared universe share characters and other elements with varying degrees of consistency. Shared universes are contrasted with collaborative writing, in which multiple authors work on a single story....

 fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 books, within the genre Bangsian fantasy

Bangsian fantasy

Bangsian fantasy is a fantasy genre which concerns the use of famous literary or historical individuals and their interactions in the afterlife. It is named for John Kendrick Bangs who often wrote it.-Definition:According to E. F...

, created and edited by Janet Morris

Janet Morris

Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...

 and written by her, Chris Morris

Chris Morris (author)

Christopher Crosby Morris is an American author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a lyricist, musical composer, and singer-songwriter. He is married to author Janet Morris. He is a defense policy and strategy analyst and a principal in M2 Technologies, Inc...

, C. J. Cherryh

C. J. Cherryh

Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...

 and others. The first 12 books in the series were published by Baen Books

Baen Books

Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy...

 between 1986 and 1989, and stories from the series include one Hugo Award

Hugo Award

The Hugo Awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards...

 winner and Nebula nominee, (Gilgamesh in the Outback

Gilgamesh in the Outback

Gilgamesh in the Outback is a science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg, a sequel to his novel Gilgamesh the King as well as a story in the shared universe series Heroes in Hell. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1987 and was also nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1986...

by Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award and a winner of the Nebula Award.-Early years:...

 from Rebels in Hell), as well as one other Nebula Award

Nebula Award

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 nominee. The series was resurrected in 2011 by Janet Morris with the thirteenth book and eighth anthology in the series, Lawyers in Hell.

Background

The shared world premise of Heroes in Hell is that all the dead wind up together in Hell

Hell

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, where they pick up where they left off when still alive. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy is a 1997 reference work on fantasy, edited by John Clute and John Grant. Other contributors include Mike Ashley, Neil Gaiman, Diana Wynne Jones, David Langford, Sam J. Lundwall, Michael Scott Rohan, Brian Stableford and Lisa Tuttle.The book was well-received upon...

states "In the long series of shared world adventures begun with Heroes in Hell, Hell becomes an arena in which all the interesting people in history can come together to continue the relentless pursuit of their various ends." Brian Stableford

Brian Stableford

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 commented that the series "adapted the backcloth of Dantean fantasy as a stage for violent adventures with ironic echoes of infernal comedy".

Reception

Science fiction and fantasy author Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the...

 compared the success of Heroes in Hell with other shared worlds like Thieves' World, Wild Cards

Wild Cards

Wild Cards is a science fiction and superhero anthology series set in a shared universe. The series was created by a group of New Mexico science fiction authors, but it is mostly pulled together and edited by best-selling author George R. R. Martin with assistance by Melinda Snodgrass, also a...

and Liavek

Liavek

Liavek is a shared world brought to life in a series of five fantasy anthologies edited by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly.-Contributors:Contributors include Bull, Shetterly, Gene Wolfe, Jane Yolen, John M. Ford, Kara Dalkey, Barry B. Longyear, Megan Lindholm, Nancy Kress, Patricia C. Wrede, Steven...

, and said that this "almost guarantees that shared worlds will be around for many years to come". The webzine SF Site discussed the popularity of shared worlds in the 1980s and listed Heroes in Hell as a "significant example" of one of them.

Books in the series

There are five novels in the series and eight anthologies of short fiction. Janet Morris edited all eight anthologies. Portions of Legions of Hell first appeared in stories published in Heroes in Hell, The Gates of Hell, Rebels in Hell, Kings in Hell and Crusaders in Hell.

• Heroes in Hell
  Heroes in Hell (book)
  The anthology Heroes in Hell is the first volume of its namesake series, created by Janet Morris. The book placed eighth in the annual Locus Poll for Best Anthology in 1987...
  
  (1986), anthology (published by Baen Books
  Baen Books
  Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy...
  
  , ISBN 978-0671655556, & ISBN 978-0671655558) (1987 Locus Poll Best Anthology (8th Place))
  • "Son of the Morning", Chris Morris
    Chris Morris (author)
    Christopher Crosby Morris is an American author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a lyricist, musical composer, and singer-songwriter. He is married to author Janet Morris. He is a defense policy and strategy analyst and a principal in M2 Technologies, Inc...
    
    
  • "Newton Sleep", Gregory Benford
    Gregory Benford
    Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine...
    
     - originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
    The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
    The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a digest-size American fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House and then by Fantasy House. Both were subsidiaries of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Publications, which took over as publisher in 1958. Spilogale, Inc...
    
    in 1985; nominated Nebula Award
    Nebula Award
    The Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
    
     Best Novella 1986
  • "The Prince", C. J. Cherryh
    C. J. Cherryh
    Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
    
    
  • "The Hand of Providence", David Drake
    David Drake
    David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the premier authors of the military science fiction subgenre.-Biography:...
    
    
  • "Basileus", C. J. Cherryh
    C. J. Cherryh
    Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
    
     & Janet Morris
    Janet Morris
    Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...
    
    
  • "To Reign in Hell", Janet Morris
    Janet Morris
    Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...
    
    

• The Gates of Hell (1986), novel by C. J. Cherryh
  C. J. Cherryh
  Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
  
   and Janet Morris
  Janet Morris
  Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...
  
   (published by Baen Books
  Baen Books
  Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy...
  
  , ISBN 978-0671655921, & ISBN 978-0671655922)

• Rebels in Hell (1986), anthology (published by Baen Books
  Baen Books
  Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy...
  
  , ISBN 978-0671655779)
  • "Undercover Angel", Chris Morris
    Chris Morris (author)
    Christopher Crosby Morris is an American author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a lyricist, musical composer, and singer-songwriter. He is married to author Janet Morris. He is a defense policy and strategy analyst and a principal in M2 Technologies, Inc...
    
    
  • "Hell's Gate", Bill Kerby
  • "Gilgamesh in the Outback
    Gilgamesh in the Outback
    Gilgamesh in the Outback is a science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg, a sequel to his novel Gilgamesh the King as well as a story in the shared universe series Heroes in Hell. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1987 and was also nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1986...
    
    ", Robert Silverberg
    Robert Silverberg
    Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award and a winner of the Nebula Award.-Early years:...
    
     (originally published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, won the Hugo Award for Best Novella
    Hugo Award for Best Novella
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     in 1987, was nominated 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novella
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    .)
  • "Marking Time", C. J. Cherryh
    C. J. Cherryh
    Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
    
    
  • "Table with a View", Nancy Asire
    Nancy Asire
    Nancy Asire is an American fantasy and science fiction author, best known for her Twilight's Kingdoms fantasy trilogy and her contributions to the shared universe series Heroes in Hell, Sword of Knowledge and Merovingen Nights....
    
    
  • "There Are No Fighter Pilots Down In Hell", Martin Caidin
    Martin Caidin
    Martin Caidin was an American author and an authority on aeronautics and aviation.Caidin wrote more than 50 books, including Samurai!, Black Thursday, Thunderbolt!, Fork-Tailed Devil: The P-38, Zero!, The Ragged, Rugged Warriors, A Torch to the Enemy and many other works of military history...
    
    
  • "'Cause I Served My Time In Hell", David Drake
    David Drake
    David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the premier authors of the military science fiction subgenre.-Biography:...
    
    
  • "Monday Morning", C. J. Cherryh
    C. J. Cherryh
    Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
    
    
  • "Graveyard Shift", Janet Morris
    Janet Morris
    Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...
    
    

• Kings in Hell (1987), novel by C. J. Cherryh
  C. J. Cherryh
  Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
  
   and Janet Morris
  Janet Morris
  Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...
  
  , (published by Baen Books
  Baen Books
  Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy...
  
  , ISBN 978-0671656140)

• Crusaders in Hell (1987), anthology (published by Baen Books
  Baen Books
  Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy...
  
  , ISBN 978-0671656393)
  • "The Nature of Hell", Janet Morris
    Janet Morris
    Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...
    
     and Chris Morris
    Chris Morris (author)
    Christopher Crosby Morris is an American author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a lyricist, musical composer, and singer-songwriter. He is married to author Janet Morris. He is a defense policy and strategy analyst and a principal in M2 Technologies, Inc...
    
    
  • "Gilgamesh Redux", Janet Morris
    Janet Morris
    Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...
    
    
  • "Crusaders in Love", Bill Kerby
    Bill Kerby
    Bill Kerby was a screenwriter for several Hollywood films and television series, most commonly known for writing or co-writing the 1970s films Hooper and The Rose.-Education and early career:...
    
    
  • "Between the Devil and The Deep Blue Sea", Michael Armstrong
  • "Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth", C. J. Cherryh
    C. J. Cherryh
    Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
    
    
  • "By Invitation Only", Nancy Asire
    Nancy Asire
    Nancy Asire is an American fantasy and science fiction author, best known for her Twilight's Kingdoms fantasy trilogy and her contributions to the shared universe series Heroes in Hell, Sword of Knowledge and Merovingen Nights....
    
    
  • "The Gods of the Gaps", Gregory Benford
    Gregory Benford
    Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine...
    
    
  • "Springs Eternal", David Drake
    David Drake
    David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the premier authors of the military science fiction subgenre.-Biography:...
    
    
  • "Snowballs in Hell", Chris Morris
    Chris Morris (author)
    Christopher Crosby Morris is an American author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a lyricist, musical composer, and singer-songwriter. He is married to author Janet Morris. He is a defense policy and strategy analyst and a principal in M2 Technologies, Inc...
    
    

• Legions of Hell (1987), novel by C. J. Cherryh
  C. J. Cherryh
  Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
  
   (published by Baen Books
  Baen Books
  Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy...
  
  , ISBN 978-0671656539)

• Angels in Hell (1987), anthology edited by Janet Morris
  Janet Morris
  Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...
  
    (published by Baen Books
  Baen Books
  Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy...
  
  , ISBN 978-0671656393, & ISBN 978-0671653601)
  • "Handmaids in Hell" by Chris Morris
    Chris Morris (author)
    Christopher Crosby Morris is an American author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a lyricist, musical composer, and singer-songwriter. He is married to author Janet Morris. He is a defense policy and strategy analyst and a principal in M2 Technologies, Inc...
    
    
  • "The Fascination of the Abomination" by Robert Silverberg
    Robert Silverberg
    Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award and a winner of the Nebula Award.-Early years:...
    
    
  • "The Price of an Egg" by Alexandra Sokolov
  • "Reaching for Paradise" by Brad Miner
  • "The Ex-Khan" by Robert L. Asprin
  • "The Conscience of the King" by C. J. Cherryh
    C. J. Cherryh
    Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
    
     and Nancy Asire
    Nancy Asire
    Nancy Asire is an American fantasy and science fiction author, best known for her Twilight's Kingdoms fantasy trilogy and her contributions to the shared universe series Heroes in Hell, Sword of Knowledge and Merovingen Nights....
    
    
  • "Learning Curve" by David Drake
    David Drake
    David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the premier authors of the military science fiction subgenre.-Biography:...
    
    
  • "Sea of Stiffs" by Janet Morris
    Janet Morris
    Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...
    
    

• Masters in Hell (1987), anthology (published by Baen Books
  Baen Books
  Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy...
  
  , ISBN 978-0671653798)
  • "The Ransom of Hellcat" by Chris Morris
    Chris Morris (author)
    Christopher Crosby Morris is an American author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a lyricist, musical composer, and singer-songwriter. He is married to author Janet Morris. He is a defense policy and strategy analyst and a principal in M2 Technologies, Inc...
    
    
  • "Take Two" by Bill Kerby
    Bill Kerby
    Bill Kerby was a screenwriter for several Hollywood films and television series, most commonly known for writing or co-writing the 1970s films Hooper and The Rose.-Education and early career:...
    
    
  • "Hellbike" by George Foy
    George Foy
    George Michelsen Foy is a French-American novelist and magazine journalist, and professor of creative writing. He has published 12 novels, seven under his own name and five under the nom de plume G.F. Michelsen...
    
    
  • "Houseguests" by Nancy Asire
    Nancy Asire
    Nancy Asire is an American fantasy and science fiction author, best known for her Twilight's Kingdoms fantasy trilogy and her contributions to the shared universe series Heroes in Hell, Sword of Knowledge and Merovingen Nights....
    
    
  • "Spitting in the Wind" by Lynn Abbey
    Lynn Abbey
    Lynn Abbey is an American computer programmer and author.-Background:Born in Peekskill, New York, Abbey was daughter of Ronald Lionel and Doris Lorraine . She attended the University of Rochester, where she began as an astrophysics major. She earned a A.B...
    
    
  • "God's Eyes" by Michael Armstrong
  • "Bargain" by David Drake
    David Drake
    David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the premier authors of the military science fiction subgenre.-Biography:...
    
    
  • "Pawn in Play" by C. J. Cherryh
    C. J. Cherryh
    Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
    
    
  • "Sea Change" by Janet Morris
    Janet Morris
    Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...
    
    

• The Little Helliad (1988), novel by Janet Morris
  Janet Morris
  Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...
  
   and Chris Morris
  Chris Morris (author)
  Christopher Crosby Morris is an American author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a lyricist, musical composer, and singer-songwriter. He is married to author Janet Morris. He is a defense policy and strategy analyst and a principal in M2 Technologies, Inc...
  
   (published by Baen Books
  Baen Books
  Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy...
  
  , ISBN 978-0671653668)

• War in Hell (1988), anthology (published by Baen Books
  Baen Books
  Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy...
  
  , ISBN 978-0671697921)
  • "[...] Is Hell" by Janet Morris
    Janet Morris
    Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...
    
    
  • "Wisdom" by David Drake
    David Drake
    David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the premier authors of the military science fiction subgenre.-Biography:...
    
    
  • "Fallout" by Nancy Asire
    Nancy Asire
    Nancy Asire is an American fantasy and science fiction author, best known for her Twilight's Kingdoms fantasy trilogy and her contributions to the shared universe series Heroes in Hell, Sword of Knowledge and Merovingen Nights....
    
    
  • "Gilgamesh in Uruk" by Robert Silverberg
    Robert Silverberg
    Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award and a winner of the Nebula Award.-Early years:...
    
    
  • "An Appropriate Hell" by Diana L. Paxson
    Diana L. Paxson
    Diana L. Paxson is an author, primarily in the fields of Paganism and Heathenism. Her published works include fantasy and historical fiction novels, as well as numerous short stories...
    
    
  • "The Man in the Black Cape Turn" by Michael Armstrong
  • "Giving Hell a Shot" by Bill Kerby
    Bill Kerby
    Bill Kerby was a screenwriter for several Hollywood films and television series, most commonly known for writing or co-writing the 1970s films Hooper and The Rose.-Education and early career:...
    
    
  • "Rook's Move" by C. J. Cherryh
    C. J. Cherryh
    Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
    
    
  • "Sign On" by Chris Morris
    Chris Morris (author)
    Christopher Crosby Morris is an American author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a lyricist, musical composer, and singer-songwriter. He is married to author Janet Morris. He is a defense policy and strategy analyst and a principal in M2 Technologies, Inc...
    
    

• Prophets in Hell (1989), anthology (published by Baen Books
  Baen Books
  Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy...
  
  , ISBN 978-0671698225)
  • "Eye of a Needle" by Chris Morris
    Chris Morris (author)
    Christopher Crosby Morris is an American author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a lyricist, musical composer, and singer-songwriter. He is married to author Janet Morris. He is a defense policy and strategy analyst and a principal in M2 Technologies, Inc...
    
    
  • "Exile" by David Drake
    David Drake
    David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the premier authors of the military science fiction subgenre.-Biography:...
    
    
  • "The Garden of Blood Narcissus" by Brad Miner
  • "Death Freaks" by Robert Sheckley
    Robert Sheckley
    Robert Sheckley was a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated American author. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist and broadly comical.Sheckley was named Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and...
    
    
  • "Profits in Hell" by Bill Kerby
    Bill Kerby
    Bill Kerby was a screenwriter for several Hollywood films and television series, most commonly known for writing or co-writing the 1970s films Hooper and The Rose.-Education and early career:...
    
    
  • "Terminal" by George Alec Effinger
    George Alec Effinger
    George Alec Effinger was an American science fiction author, born in 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio.-Writing career:...
    
    
  • "I, Hermes Trismegistus" by Richard Groller
  • "Fast Food" by Nancy Asire
    Nancy Asire
    Nancy Asire is an American fantasy and science fiction author, best known for her Twilight's Kingdoms fantasy trilogy and her contributions to the shared universe series Heroes in Hell, Sword of Knowledge and Merovingen Nights....
    
    
  • "The Sibylline Affair" by C. J. Cherryh
    C. J. Cherryh
    Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
    
    
  • "Moving Day" by Janet Morris
    Janet Morris
    Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...
    
    

• Explorers in Hell (1989), novel by David Drake
  David Drake
  David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the premier authors of the military science fiction subgenre.-Biography:...
  
   and Janet Morris
  Janet Morris
  Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...
  
   (published by Baen Books
  Baen Books
  Baen Books is an American publishing company established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. It is a science fiction and fantasy publishing house that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy...
  
  , ISBN 978-0671698133)

• Lawyers in Hell (2011), anthology (published by Perseid Publishing/Kerlak Enterprises, Inc., ISBN 978-1937035020, ISBN 978-1-937035013, & eISBN 978-1-937035860)
  • "Interview with the Devil" by Janet Morris
    Janet Morris
    Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...
    
     and Chris Morris
    Chris Morris (author)
    Christopher Crosby Morris is an American author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a lyricist, musical composer, and singer-songwriter. He is married to author Janet Morris. He is a defense policy and strategy analyst and a principal in M2 Technologies, Inc...
    
    
  • "Tribe of Hell" by Janet Morris
    Janet Morris
    Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...
    
    
  • "The Rapture Elevator" by Michael Armstrong
  • "Out of Court Settlement" by C. J. Cherryh
    C. J. Cherryh
    Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
    
    
  • "Revolutionary Justice" by Leo Champion
  • "Tale of a Tail" by Nancy Asire
    Nancy Asire
    Nancy Asire is an American fantasy and science fiction author, best known for her Twilight's Kingdoms fantasy trilogy and her contributions to the shared universe series Heroes in Hell, Sword of Knowledge and Merovingen Nights....
    
    
  • "And Injustice For All" by Jason Cordova
  • "Measure of a Man" by Deborah Koren
  • "The Adjudication of Hetty Green" by Allan Gilbreath
  • "Plains of Hell" by Bruce Durham
  • "The Register" by Michael H. Hanson
  • "Island Out of Time" by Richard Groller
  • "Appellate Angel" by Edward McKeown
  • "With Enemies Like These" by David L. Burkhead
  • "The Dark Arts" by Kimberly Richardson
  • "Heads You Lose" by Michael Z. Williamson
    Michael Z. Williamson
    Michael Z. Williamson is a science fiction and military fiction author. Born in Birkenhead, England, he and his family emigrated to Canada, then the United States in 1978. Williamson frequently utilizes the pen names "Mad Mike", and "Crazy Einar". He is retired from the United States...
    
    
  • "Check and Mate" by Bradley H. Sinor
  • "Disclaimer" by John Manning
  • "Orientation Day" by Sarah Hulcy
  • "Remember, Remember, Hell in November" by Larry Atchley, Jr.
  • "Theos Khthonios" by Scott Oden
    Scott Oden
    Scott Oden is an American historical novelist. His settings run the gamut, from Late Period Egypt to the era of Alexander the Great to Medieval Cairo. His first book was the critically acclaimed Men of Bronze...
    
    
  • "Erra and the Seven" by Chris Morris
    Chris Morris (author)
    Christopher Crosby Morris is an American author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a lyricist, musical composer, and singer-songwriter. He is married to author Janet Morris. He is a defense policy and strategy analyst and a principal in M2 Technologies, Inc...
    
    

Reviews

• Heroes in Hell
  • Jackie Cassada, Library Journal, March 15, 1986, Volume 111, Issue 5, page 80
  • Chuq von Rospach, OtherRealms, April 1986, Volume 1, Number 3
  • James D. Riemer, Fantasy Review, May 1986, Volume 9, Number 5, page 21-22
  • Don D’Ammassa, Science Fiction Chronicle, June 1986, Volume 7, Number 9, page 45
  • Doug Fratz, Thrust, Winter 1986, Issue 25, page 24

• Rebels in Hell
  • Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide, October 1986, Volume 20, Number 7, page 5
  • Michael Cobley, Paperback Inferno, June/July 1987, Number 66, page 6
  • Don D’Ammassa, Science Fiction Chronicle, March 1987, Volume 8, Number 6, page 43

• Kings in Hell
  • S. Lamb, Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide, May 1987, Volume 21, Number 4, page 3

• Crusaders in Hell
  • Gloria Wall, Short Form, Issues 3 & 4, 1989, page 31

• Angels in Hell
  • P.R., Booklist, September 15, 1987, Volume 84, Number 2, page 112

• Legions of Hell
  • Publishers Weekly, May 29, 1987, Volume 231, Number 21, page 73
  • Trevin Matlock, Locus
    Locus (magazine)
    Locus, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field", is published monthly in Oakland, California. It reports on the science fiction and fantasy publishing field, including comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genre. It is considered the news organ and trade...
    
    , Number 318, July 1987
  • P.R., Booklist, July 1987, Volume 83, Number 21, page 1655
  • K. E., Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide, October 1987, Volume 21, Number 7, page 3

• The Little Helliad
  • Philip J. De Parto, The Starship Express, 1988, Volume 2, Numbers 6 & 7
  • S. Lamb, Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide, September 1988, Volume 22, Number 6, page 26

• Prophets in Hell
  • S. Lamb, Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide, September 1989, Volume 23, Number 6, page 20

• Lawyers in Hell
  • Dan L. Hollifield, Aphelion, The Webzine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, September 2011, Issue 155, Volume 15

External links

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• Heroes in Hell at Fantastic Fiction.

• Heroes in Hell at SciFan.