Astounding Hero Tales
 Cover of first edition | |
| Editor | James Lowder |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | J. Allen St. John |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Hero Games |
Publication date | 2007 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | xvi, 304 |
| ISBN | 1-58366-060-7 |
Astounding Hero Tales is a fiction anthology edited by James Lowder and published by Hero Games in March 2007.[1]
Contents
- "Death was silent" (Lester Dent)
- "The mask of Kukulcan" (Will Murray)
- "Two-fisted crookback" (Steve Melisi)
- "Wolf train west" (William Messner-Loebs)
- "Godmother" (Steve Eller)
- "Missing pages" (Richard Dansky)
- "Running thunder" (John Helfers)
- "Playback" (Patricia Lee Macomber)
- "A lost city of the jungle" (Darrell Schweitzer)
- "It came from the swamp" (Ed Greenwood)
- "Slide home" (David Niall Wilson)
- "Out west" (John Pelan)
- "Bandit gold" (Thomas M. Reid)
- "Kiss me deadly" (Robert Weinberg)
- "The forgotten man" (Robin D. Laws)
- "House of shadows" (Hugh B. Cave)
Awards
Astounding Hero Tales won the 2007 Origins Award for Best Fiction Publication of the Year.[2]
Reception
The anthology was reviewed by Scott Connors in Weird Tales, March-April 2008, and Jackson Kuhl in Black Gate, Summer 2008.[1]
References
- ^ a b Astounding Hero Tales title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ "Origins Awards - Game Manufacturers Association". www.gama.org.