Villains Who Needs Heros Anyway Author:Roz Kaveney (Editor), Mary Gentle (Editor), Neil Gaiman (Editor) A quirky collection of short stories.. Shared world anthology in which the villains get to tell their stories. Not exactly the average fantasy, a parody of heroic fantasy, looking at the typical fantasy world from the point of view of the villains -- villainous heroes really bad to the bone...and just for once the bad guys win. — Contents, ... more »11 stories:
Cartomancy: An Introduction • (1991) • essay by Mary Gentle;
The Strongest Armour • (1992) • shortstory by Stephen Baxter;
Doing Business • (1992) • novelette by Alex Stewart;
The Arts of the Enemy • (1992) • shortstory by David Langford;
The Deliveress • (1992) • novelette by Storm Constantine;
A Knight at the Races • (1992) • novelette by James Wallis;
Return of the Princess • (1992) • shortstory by Molly Brown;
Count Carraldo and the Penitent Dominic • (1992) • novelette by Keith Brooke;
Bellringers' Overtime • (1992) • novella by Roz Kaveney;
The Fur Boot • (1992) • novelette by Paula Wakefield;
Jabberwockish • (1992) • novelette by Graham Higgins;
Examination Night • (1992) • novella by Charles Stross;
Cartomancy: Conclusion • (1991) • essay by Mary Gentle.
The Midnight Rose shared world anthologies: Temps, Euro Temps, The Weerde 1 & 2, Villains!. Midnight Rose was a name taken by a group of United Kingdom science fiction and fantasy writers for a series of shared world anthologies.« less