Patreon Collection: Volume 1

Hurley's Heroes #1

by Kameron Hurley

9 tales of war, adventure, madness & wonder

Table of Contents

The Light Brigade
The Plague Givers
The Judgment of Gods and Monsters
The Red Secretary
The Corpse Archives
The Heart is Eaten Last
Soulbound
The War of Heroes
Tumbledown

Author's notes on this edition to her patrons:

A digital collection of all of the stories created over the last 16 months with the help of all you wonderful folks! While "The Corpse Archives" wasn't a Patreon story, I included it to get us to a nice uneven number of stories (9).

All together, it's over 97,000 words of fiction. Whew. No wonder I feel it squelching my brain. That's a whole book! Good job all around.

I've also ensured that the reprint versions of several stories are included here instead of originals, as they've been copyedited (Plague Givers in particular needed some pronoun editing). Also note that I have made some revisions to a couple of the stories, including Tumbledown and Soulbound. Soulbound in particular needed a lot of work, and I added an additional 2K to make it a richer and more comprehensive story.

Genres: Short Stories, LGBT, Science Fiction, Fantasy

216 pages, ebook

First published December 27, 2016

About the author

Kameron Hurley is the author of the upcoming science ficition thriller These Savage Stars (2026), The Light Brigade, and The Stars are Legion, as well as the award-winning God’s War Trilogy and The Worldbreaker Saga. Hurley has won the Hugo Award, Locus Award, Kitschy Award, and Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer. She was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Nebula Award, and the Gemmell Morningstar Award. Her short fiction has appeared in Popular Science Magazine, Lightspeed and numerous anthologies, and appears in two collections: Future Artifacts and Meet Me in the Future. Hurley has also written for The Atlantic, Writers Digest, Entertainment Weekly, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, Bitch Magazine, and Locus Magazine. Her most popular essays, including the viral hit "We Have Always Fought" are collected in The Geek Feminist Revolution. She posts regularly at KameronHurley.com. Get a short story from Kameron each month via: patreon.com/kameronhurley

Reviews

[Silvana · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice collection with very strong stories like The Light Brigade, The Heart is Eaten Last and Tumbledown. If you want to support an author and get quality stuff even with the lowest contribution, go support Kameron Hurley in Patreon. Really, other authors I supported only offered lame stuff for their poorest patrons, like cat pictures (Yes, I am looking at you, NK Jemisin!) or simply nothing, no content at all. With Hurley, you get short stories once a month at least.

Oh and The Light Brigade will be released in a longer form next year. Can't wait!

[Joelle.P.S · Rating 4 out of 5]

My favorite in this collection is The Light Brigade. Also really enjoyed The Plague Givers, and Tumbledown. And most of the others. :-)

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great collection of stories. I'd already read "The Heart Is Eaten Last" and enjoyed it just as much the second time around. My particular favorites were "The Judgment of Gods and Monsters" and "The Red Secretary" and I would love to read more about that universe. "Tumbledown" was also very good, and I enjoyed the Mongolian names and worldbuilding.

[Mercedes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Puros cuentos notables. Nyx es la mejor, y Kameron es seca.

[Mei Ridorsa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Molt i molt bé. Tots els Patreons valen la pena per recolzar els creadors, però en aquest cas a més la recompensa no decep en absolut.

[Gabrielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pure Kameron Hurley. Loved every story. Now I really want to read all of Nyx's stories!