In Memoriam
Sarah Hulcy is a native Texas who was accidentally born in Miami, Florida, due to the untimely transfer of her father by his employer (although she WAS conceived in Texas), but she returned to Texas as soon as possible. She worked in various fields but almost all of them involved forcing various types of machines to do what she told them – typewriters, typesetting machines, computers, copiers, faxes, Telex machines, adding machines, comptometers, dedicated word processors and a host of other objects that are generally uncooperative on a daily basis. Aside from a short stint as a reluctant business owner, her main areas of expertise were in typesetting, commercial art and advertising, and in drudgery in the service of the legal profession. Most of this activity caused her to have the ability to type ridiculously fast. Unfortunately, she’s old enough that the term “ergonomics” had not been invented until very late in her career, which bit her on the butt, sidelining a promising career in “support staff” activities.
In 2010, Sarah accidentally became entangled with a writing group through a certain social media service (initials FB) and her life has not been the same since. She began helping Janet Morris and a group of writers with the resurrection of the “Heroes in Hell” series that began in the 1980s, producing 12 volumes, all of which Sarah just happened to own. This came about mainly due to the fact that the first planned new volume bore the title “Lawyers in Hell” a particularly significant happenstance. Having written millions of words of documents with exciting titles like: “Utilizing the Imaging and Database Software in Order to Maximize the Effectiveness of Your Next Document Production,” it had never occurred to her to write fiction… but as the creation of “Lawyers in Hell” progressed, she was encouraged to try her hand at writing a short story for the book. Imagine her surprise to discover that she actually had a sort of knack for imagining things that had never happened and documenting them!
She also assists in harrying the poor authors of the Hell shared world series into (once again) doing what she (and the publisher) want them to do, which involves bandaging skinned egos, patting heads that have been bashed repeatedly against brick walls, providing mother-hen and den-mother services, as well as proofing, copy-editing, formatting and generally wrestling short stories and novels into submission (pun intended). This serendipitous sequence of events has improved her outlook significantly and she intends to continue in these activities until the end of time.
https://authorsinterviews.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/our-interview-with-sarah-hulcy-nee-snyder/
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
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