Pirates in Hell

Heroes in Hell #20

by Janet E. Morris (Editor), Chris Morris, Joe Bonadonna

Avast, ye readers! Here be Pyrates!

Feast yer eyes on the cursed treasures before you! Hoist the skull 'n' crossbones! Walk the plank with hell's sorest losers! Join the damnedest buccaneers and privateers ever to sail infernal seas.

Here be twelve tales of piracy spun by Janet Morris, Chris Morris, Nancy Asire, Paul Freeman, Larry Atchley Jr, Rob Hinkle, Michael H. Hanson, Joe Bonadonna, Andrew P. Weston, S.E. Lindberg, and Jack William Finley.

Corsairs, freebooters and plunderers shiver their timbers and meet their fates as the devil's dupes learn why the deeper in hell you go, the colder it gets.

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See the Heroes in Hell, 2017 Class Picture? Imagine all those timeless characters stuck in Hell struggling with their pasts, presents, and futures. It's a crazy mashup of historical fiction and fantasy!

Genres: Fantasy, Pirates, Heroic Fantasy, Dark Fantasy

439 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 10, 2017

About the author

Janet Ellen Morris (born May 25, 1946) is a United States author. She began writing in 1976 and has since published more than 20 novels, many co-authored with David Drake or her husband Chris Morris. She has contributed short fiction to the shared universe fantasy series Thieves World, and edited the Bangsian fantasy series Heroes in Hell. Most of her work has been in the fantasy and science fiction genres, although she has also written several works of non-fiction.

Morris was elected to the New York Academy of Sciences in 1980.

In 1995, Morris and her husband and frequent co-writer Christopher Morris founded M2 Tech. Since that time, their writing output has decreased in proportion to the success of the company, which works with U.S. federal and military agencies on non-lethal weapon systems and software.

Reviews

[S.E. Lindberg]

See the Heroes in Hell, 2017 Class Picture? Imagine all those timeless characters stuck in Hell struggling with their pasts, presents, and futures. It's a crazy mashup of historical fiction and fantasy!


I'm officially aboard this ship. My first voyage is the 20th installment. Pirates in Hell has twelve tales spun by Janet Morris, Christopher Crosby Morris, Andrew Paul Weston, Nancy Asire, myself, Paul Freeman, Larry Atchley Jr, Jack William Finley, Michael H. Hanson, Rob Hinkle, and Joe Bonadonna. Honored to be apart of the crew.  Cool cover art by Roy Mauritsen too!


When should you jump in? 
Now! Perhaps you are a bit timid to jump into Hell so quickly; so why not have the tour guides explain your worries away?  A uthors from the preceding  Doctors in Hell anthology   convened for a death panel to explain the series and why it's okay to   "go to Hell at any time! (link)"

Pirates in Hell Contents:

Bitter Business – Janet Morris and Chris Morris

Pieces of Hate –  Andrew P. Weston

Evil Angel –  Janet Morris and Chris Morris

Who’s a Pirate Now? –  Nancy Asire

Curse of the Pharaohs – S.E. Lindberg

Lir’s Children – Paul Freeman

Unholiest Grail – Larry Atchley, Jr.

The Bitter Taste of Hell’s Injustice – Jack William Finley

Serial Recall and Beautiful Tortures – Michael H. Hanson

Drink and the Devil – Rob Hinkle

The Pirates of Penance – Joe Bonadonna

Muse of Fire – Janet Morris and Chris Morris

Hell Hounds (excerpt) –  Andrew P. Weston

[Joseph Loehr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Arrrrrr, mateys!

The latest of the 'Heroes in Hell' series brings back the damned souls (but STILL no Julius Caesar . . .hmmmm . . .he's up to something!) with an added dash of Pirates. The damned scheme and strive, will they foil Satan? Set sail, and find out!

[Bernie Morris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it.

[A.L. Butcher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pirates! Fantasy and the great storytelling from a plethora of talented authors all set in a supremely crafted shared world, what more could one want. I love the Heroes in Hell series and the latest volume does not disappoint.
From plagiarists, to buccaneers, to the Devil’s own Reaper, to a search for the way out, to the hunt for the Unholy Grail there are tales aplenty in this volume; Shakespeare and Kit Marlowe, pharaohs, poets; murderers, heroes of war and water try and salvage what they may from the rising water (and I use that term loosely), the ever-shifting lands and realms of a Hell patrolled by something worse than even the Dark Lord himself. The Devil is trying to keep house in this chaos and the damned are… well….damned and trying to make the best of it, the worst of it and everything in between.
The stories flow well enough, and the dark humour is apparent. Wellington and Napoleon as neighbours makes me chuckle and the clever punishments meted out never cease to raise a smile.
This is Hell, of course, but it’s a hell with class.

[Zoe Saadia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm an avid fan of Heroes in Hell series authored by Janet Morris The style, the flow, the lively characters and their unusual depth, the incredible situations and encounters - all those and more make me wish each book was twice as long and more, with Pirates in Hell being no exception. Except that this time I got to enjoy twelve tales by different authors - a bonus! Can't wait to find more books in Hell Series!

[William O'Brien · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pirates in Hell (Heroes in Hell) Kindle Edition
by Janet Morris (Author), Chris Morris (Author), Andrew P. Weston (Author), Nancy Asire (Author), S.E. Lindberg (Author), Paul Freeman (Author), Michael H. Hanson (Author), Joe Bonadonna (Author), Rob Hinkle (Author), Chris Morris (Editor)

An excellent fantasy pirate collection.

One highly recommended for lovers of pirate adventures.

Superb writing!

[Joe Bonadonna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic, swashbuckling adventures sailing on the Seas of Hell and against the Tides of Perdition!