Here's an all-original anthology about those characters we love to hate, those dastardly devils - the villains. These are the men and women who give heroes their claim to fame, who, in the depths of their evil and the totality of their defeat, make the champions of goodness shine. But shouldn't even a villain have a chance to win once in a while? After all, why take on the job if you know you'll always lose?

So here is the book that gives villains their day, in fourteen original stories where evil actually wins out. From the chronicle of a queen who got where she is by eliminating all the competition before anyone could even think of competing...to a tale featuring one of the most famous villains in literature...to a poignant recounting of why evil must be evil, villains of all shapes, ideologies, and wickedness are finally given their due in tales that may actually have you cheering for the bad guys.

Contents:

• Introduction by John Helfers
• All Things Being Relative by Tanya Huff
• The Mould of Form by Rosemary Edghill
• The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey by Peter Tremayne
• Doubting Thomas by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• The Whiteviper Scrolls by David Bischoff
• A New Man by Ed Gorman
• Souls to Take by Gary A. Braunbeck & Lucy A. Snyder
• Nina by Pauline E. Dungate
• Horror Show by Tim Waggoner
• Death Mage by Fiona Patton
• King of Thorns by R. Davis
• The Usurper Memos by Josepha Sherman
• To Speak with Angels by Michelle West
• Heroes and Villains by Peter Crowther

Edited by Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers.