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Heroes in Hell

by Gregory Benford, Chris Morris, C.J. Cherryh, Nancy Asire · 1986

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The shared world premise of Heroes in Hell is that all the dead wind up together in Hell, where they pick up where they left off when still alive. In this first anthology it can be found the following stories:

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"Son of the Morning" short story by Chris Morris

"Newton Sleep" novelette by Gregory Benford

"The Prince" novella by C.J. Cherryh

"A Walk in the Park" novelette by Nancy Asire

"The Hand of Providence" novelette by David Drake

"Basileus" novelette by C.J. Cherryh and Janet Morris

"To Reign in Hell" novelette by Janet Morris

Genre
fantasyscience fictionhorror
Subject
science
Audience
adult
Form
short stories

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