Super Stories of Heroes Villains Author:Claude Lalumiere (Editor) In these twenty-eight astounding Super Stories, join larger-than-life heroes and villains in the never-ending battle of good versus evil! George R. R. Martin's Wild Cards rampage through unrecorded history! — Mike Mignola's Hellboy battles the fiendish Nuckelavee. Can Camille Alexa's Pinktastic prevent the end of the... more » world? Will Jonathan Lethem's Dystopianist cause the end of the world? In these pages, you'll find the exploits, machinations, and epic melees of these superpowered aliens, undead crusaders, costumed crime fighters, unholy cabals, Amazon warriors, demon hunters, cyberpunk luchadores, nefarious megalomaniacs, daredevil sidekicks, atavistic avatars, adventuring aviators, gunslinging outlaws, love-struck adversaries, and supernatural detectives.
Contents:
Introduction: The Return of the Super Story (2013) • essay by Claude Lalumière
Übermensch! (1991) / short story by Kim Newman
A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows (2010) / novelette by Chris Roberson
Trickster (2008) / short story by Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due
They Fight Crime! (2005) / short story by Leah Bobet
The Rememberer (2008) / short story by J. Robert Lennon
The Nuckelavee: A Hellboy Story (2000) / short story by Christopher Golden, Mike Mignola (variant of The Nuckelavee)
Faces of Gemini (2004) / short fiction by A. M. Dellamonica
Origin Story (2006) / novelette by Kelly Link
Burning Sky (1989) / short story by Rachel Pollack
The Night Chicago Died (2003) / short fiction by James Lowder
Novaheads (2003) / short fiction by Ernest Hogan
Clash of Titans (A New York Romance) (1991) / short fiction by Kurt Busiek
The Super Man and the Bugout (2001) / short story by Cory Doctorow
Grandma (2002) / short story by Carol Emshwiller
The Dystopianist, Thinking of His Rival, Is Interrupted by a Knock on the Door (2002) / short story by Jonathan Lethem
Sex Devil (2005) / short fiction by Jack Pendarvis
The Death Trap of Dr. Nefario (2003) / short story by Benjamin Rosenbaum
Man Oh Man - It's Manna Man (2008) / short story by George Singleton
The Jackdaw's Last Case (1997) / short story by Paul Di Filippo
The Biggest (2012) / short story by James Patrick Kelly
Philip José Farmer's Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke (2006) • essay by Win Scott Eckert
The Zeppelin Pulps (2009) / short fiction by Jess Nevins
Wild Cards: Prologue & Interludes [Wild Cards] (1987) / short fiction by George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards: Just Cause [Wild Cards] (2008) / short fiction by Carrie Vaughn
Bluebeard and the White Buffalo: A Rangergirl Yarn (2005) / short fiction by Tim Pratt
The Pentecostal Home for Flying Children (2008) / short story by Will Clarke
Pinktastic and the End of the World (2012) •/ short story by Camille Alexa
The Detective of Dreams (1980) / short story by Gene Wolfe