Ein Beitrag von Jason Cordova
It all started with a shrunken head that talked, and an idea.
When I was first approached to write in the new Lawyers in Hell anthology, my initial thought was Oh my god, what am I going to do?
Id never written a short story before, and despite having my first published novel available in stores, I really felt unprepared for the monstrous task at hand. To write in something so established as Janet Morris Heroes in Hell series was terrifying, especially given how many important writers were contributing to the upcoming anthology.
Ein Beitrag von Nancy Asire
Back in the 1980s, I received a call from Janet Morris asking me if I wanted to write for a new shared-world series, Heroes in Hell. Of course, I jumped right in.
My first published story, A Walk in the Park, was featured in the initial volume of the series. Many volumes followed, allowing me to perfect the relationship between two former foes, Napoleon and Wellington, and the introduction of Napoleons mistress, and mother of his son who achieved prominence in France.
Ein Beitrag von Leo Champion
I came in through my friend Mad Mike Williamson. Thought it would be a chance to maybe sell something to a well-known series; never imagined it would become a lot more than that. Although I didnt know a whole lot about shorts.
Since I started writing seriously in the mid-`90s, Id written ten or so novel-lengths. Maybe half as many again between 25-50K. But the the last time Id written anything below 25K, the President was Bill Clinton and the World Trade Center stood tall. Maximum of 10,000 words? Thats two chapters. A complete story arc in that space? Its fair to say I wasnt at all confident in the form.
Ein Beitrag von C.J. Cherryh
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Partly overcast in hell, a few spots of rain but the job had to be done, and when jobs of a less elevated nature had to be done in Augustus villa, there was a question of rank involved. Augustus wasnt going to do it. Neither was Caesar or Cleopatra, nor Sargon of Akkad; nor was Hatshepsut. The villa had Roman rulers and Egyptian pharaohs, but no gardener, and that elected the two Renaissance refugees whod found the villa a comfortable berth in hell.
Dante was dithering around in the basement about some research project.
Ein Beitrag von C.J. Cherryh
Roman hell comes in several sections. The deepest is Tartarus, but that was reserved for real dastards. The Elysian fields, well, those were where you got to after a virtuous life. Most people just went to a place a lot like the here and now, with a few inconveniences.
So in a sense the Roman hell was there before the Christian one moved in and spread out. It's not as old as the Akkadian one, but it goes back to some respectable antiquity, and therefore operates under its own rules.
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