Larry Atchley, Jr.

Larry Atchley Jr. is a writer of primarily science fiction, fantasy, horror, and poetry. His other interests include Qi-Gong Kung Fu, British Humour, hiking, mountain biking, everything about tea, sword fencing, traditional archery, reading and collecting books, and playing harmonica and guitar. He is a crewmember of the piratical poetry and musical performance group The Seadog Slam and is frequently a guest author at various literary conventions and other events. He is a contributing author to Janet Morris’s Heroes in Hell series. You can read his blog, The Short Pale Writer in the Long Black Coat, at www.larryatchleyjr.wordpress.com.

Poets in Hell

Poets in Hell

The best, the worst, and ugliest bards in perdition vie for Satan’s favor as poets slam one another, Satan’s Fallen Angels smirk up their sleeves, and the illiterati have their day. Find out why the damned deserve their fates as Hell’s hacks sink to new poetical depths! The first Bible writer drafts a deal with the Devil. Attila the Hun learns his punishment’s just begun. Mary Shelley and Victor Frankenstein make a monstrous mistake. Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp get their unjust deserts. Hell’s Undertaker goes on holiday. The Damned Poets Society slams away. A nameless soul shows Dorothy Parker that fame is a bitch.

In the underworlds, injustice always reigns: Join us and our damnedest poets for the crookedest poetry festival in perdition where language comes to die and no rhyme goes unpunished.

Words – Chris Morris

Seven Against Hell – Janet Morris and Chris Morris

Reunion – Nancy Asire

Hell-hounds – Bruce Durham

The Kid with No Name – Jack William Finley

All Hell to Pay – Deborah Koren

Poetic Injustice – Larry Atchley, Jr.

When You Gaze Into an Abyss – Matthew Kirshenblatt

Pride and Penance – Tom Barczak

Grand Slam – pdmac

Undertaker’s Holiday – Joe Bonadonna and Shebat Legion

Red Tail’s Corner – Yelle Hughes

Faust III – Richard Groller

Tapestry of Sorrows and Sighs – Bill Snider

Haiku d’État – Beth W. Patterson

A Mother’s Heart – Bill Barnhill

We the Furious – Joe Bonadonna

Damned Poets Society – Michael H. Hanson

All We Need of Hell – Michael A. Armstrong

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Dreamers in Hell

Dreamers in Hell

Seven million years on the New Hell Sinday Times bestseller list… The damned are revolting The underworld explodes with excitement as Satan himself rebels against forces from on high. Or does he? Dreams are dashed and strongholds topple as the greatest shared universe of all times convulses with mystery and mayhem. Shakespeare and Marlowe begin a new play to please the Devil…. Satan and Samael plot to expose the unrepentant damned… Before Napoleons eyes, Caesars villa explodes in chaos… Goethe finds out that hell is all around him… Isadora Duncan forgets that dreams can be hell… Hells librarian throws a bash and the damned party down… and down… and down… All over the netherworlds, worse comes to worst as Hells Most Unwanted try assaulting heavens gates and raise more hell than they bargained for….

Fools in Hell – Chris Morris

Alms For Oblivion – Janet Morris and Chris Morris

The Unholy Hole – Nancy Asire

Essence Helliance – Yelle Hughes

Barefoot, On Brimstone – Sara M. Harvey

Ophie and the Undertaker – Shebat Legion

Just Dessert – John Manning

Hell, I Must Be Going – Michael A. Ventrella

Head Games – Bill Snider

Blood and Ash – Tom Barczak

Hellexandria the Great – Sarah Hulcy

The Knife-Edged Bridge – David L. Burkhead

The Wager – Deborah Koren

More Light! – Bettina S. Meister

In the Shadow of Paradise – Jason Cordova

 Zero Sum Game – Richard Groller

And the Truth Shall Set You Free – Jack William Finley

The ITTT – Michael H. Hanson

Siegfried’s Blade – Petra E. Jorns

Stairway to Heaven – Edward McKeown

Knocking on Heaven’s Gates – Larry Atchley, Jr.

Hell Bent – Janet Morris

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Rogues in Hell

Rogues in Hell

Hot on the heels of Lawyers in Hell, the New Hell Sinday Times bestseller, comes ROGUES IN HELL… The war heats up, Satan antes up, and rogues go adventuring as Hell’s landlord faces off with Heaven’s auditors. Veteran Hellions sin again and new writers fall from grace:  Shirley Meier, Bradley H. Sinor, and Michael Z. Williamson.

Babe in Hell – Janet Morris and Chris Morris

Which Way I Fly is Hell – Janet Morris

Downtown Run – Nancy Asire

Madly Meeting Logically – Michael A. Armstrong

Library Redux – Sarah Hulcy

A Hatful of Dynamite – Deborah Koren

Colony – Bruce Durham

Searcher – Edward McKeown

The Miraculous Roadside Attraction – Jack William Finley

BDA – Richard Groller

Hell Road Truckers – Michael H. Hanson

If Necessary – Bradley H. Sinor

Pursued by the Tauwu – Shirley Meier

Ragnarok & Roll – Larry Atchley, Jr.

Scent of a Weapon – Bill Snider

Showdown at Brimstone Arsenal – John Manning

The Place of Fear – David L. Burkhead

Chasing the Key – H. David Blalock

A Hard Day at The Office – Michael Z. Williamson

An Unholy Grail – Julie Cochraine

Battle of Tartaros – Chris Morris

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Lawyers in Hell

Lawyers in Hell

Heaven lays down the law and Hell gets more hellish as the greatest shared universe of all time makes its malevolent return. Souls you hate to love and souls you love to hate reunite for Lawyers in Hell, in twenty-two infernal tales from the underworlds, where Injustice must be served.

Story list:

Interview with the Devil – Janet Morris and Chris Morris

Tribe of Hell – Janet Morris

The Rapture Elevator –  Michael Armstrong

Out of Court Settlement –  C.J. Cherryh

Revolutionary Justice – Leo Champion

Tale of a Tail – Nancy Asire

And Injustice For All – Jason Cordova

Measure of a Man – Deborah Koren

The Adjudication of Hetty Green – Allan F. Gillbreath

Plains of Hell – Bruce Durham

The Register – Michael H. Hanson

Island out of Time – Richard Groller

Appellate Angel – Edward McKeown

With Enemies Like These – David L. Burkhead

The Dark Arts – Kimberly Richardson

Heads You Loose – Michael Z. Williamson

Check and Mate – Bradley H. Sinor

Disclaimer – John Manning

Orientation Day – Sarah Hulcy

Remember, Remember, Hell in November – Larry Atchley, Jr.

Theo Khthonios –  Scott Oden

Erra and the Seven – Chris Morris

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Pirates in Hell

Pirates in Hell

The depths of hell chill the boldest sinner as damned souls learn why the deeper in hell you go, the colder it gets.

Twelve tales of piracy in the Heroes in Hell universe, created by Janet Morris and 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.

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

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