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Author | Janet Morris and Chris Morris |
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Language | English |
Series | Heroes in Hell |
Genre | Bangsian fantasy Shared world Fantasy |
Publisher | Perseid Publishing/Kerlak Enterprises, Inc. |
Publication date | June 2011 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
ISBN | 1-937-03502-6 |
Preceded by | Explorers in Hell |
The anthology Lawyers in Hell is the thirteenth book and eighth anthology of the Heroes in Hell series created by Janet Morris. It contains twice as many stories as any previous anthology in the series.
Contents
Stories (in order of presentation):
- "Interview with the Devil" by Janet Morris and Chris Morris
- "Tribe of Hell" by Janet Morris
- "The Rapture Elevator" by Michael Hanson
- "Out of Court Settlement" by C. J. Cherryh
- "Revolutionary Justice" by Leo Champion
- "Tale of a Tail" by Nancy Asire
- "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 - Synopsis: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. is tasked with kidnapping Confederate veteran, attorney, and State Supreme Court justice William Dunlap Simpson. Things go awry and the two have to work together to escape Niflhel, the Norse Hell. In the course of their travels they thread their way through a carpet of live poisonous snakes, challenge Nidhogg, the world serpent, to a Game of Questions, and cross rivers of caustic venom. Other characters include Modgud, the giant Vafthruthnir, and Garmr.
- "The Dark Arts" by Kimberly Richardson
- "Heads You Lose" by Michael Z. Williamson
- "Check and Mate" by Bradley H. Sinor
- "Disclaimer" by John Manning - Synopsis: Aaron Montgomery, a formerly successful attorney, awakens on an elevator destined for hell. Imps, succubi, a creature called the Welcome Woman - none of these prepared him for his first task: defending Bram Stoker versus Prince Vlad III Tepes Drakulya. Nor did he realize that it would plant him in the middle of a power struggle between Satan and the ancient Babylonian gods.
- "Orientation Day" by Sarah Hulcy
- "Remember, Remember, Hell in November" by Larry Atchley, Jr.
- "Theo Khthonios" by Scott Oden
- "Erra and the Seven" by Chris Morris
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