''Heroic Visions'' is an
anthology
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of
fantasy stories, edited by
Jessica Amanda Salmonson. It was first published in paperback by
Ace Books
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in March 1983.
The book collects eleven new short stories and novelettes by various fantasy authors, with an introduction by Salmonson.
Contents
*"Introduction" (
Jessica Amanda Salmonson)
*"
The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars
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" (
Fritz Leiber)
*"
Sister Light, Sister Dark" (
Jane Yolen)
*"
Tales Told to a Toymaker" (
Phyllis Ann Karr
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Life and family
Karr w ...
)
*"
Prophecy of the Dragon" (
Charles E. Karpuk)
*"
Before the Seas Came
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F. M. Busby
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Biography
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)
*"
Thunder Mother" (
Alan Dean Foster)
*"
Dancers in the Time-Flux" (
Robert Silverberg)
*"
Sword Blades and Poppy Seed
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" (
Joanna Russ)
*"
The Nun and the Demon
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Grania Davis
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)
*"
Vovko" (
Gordon Derevanchuk
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*"
The Monkey's Bride
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" (
Michael Bishop)
References
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External links
Fantastic Fiction entry
1983 anthologies
Fantasy anthologies
Ace Books books
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