Heroic Visions

Heroic Visions is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. It was first published in paperback by Ace Books in 1983.^[1][2]

Heroic Visions

Cover of the first edition.
Editor	Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Ace Books
Publication date	1983
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	214
ISBN	0-441-32821-0
Followed by	Heroic Visions II

The book collects eleven new short stories and novelettes by various fantasy authors, with an introduction by Salmonson.^[3] A second anthology was published in 1986 as Heroic Visions II.^[4]

Contents

• "Introduction" (Jessica Amanda Salmonson)
• "The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars" (Fritz Leiber)
• "Sister Light, Sister Dark" (Jane Yolen)
• "Tales Told to a Toymaker" (Phyllis Ann Karr)
• "Prophecy of the Dragon" (Charles E. Karpuk)
• "Before the Seas Came" (F. M. Busby)
• "Thunder Mother" (Alan Dean Foster)
• "Dancers in the Time-Flux" (Robert Silverberg)
• "Sword Blades and Poppy Seed" (Joanna Russ)
• "The Nun and the Demon" (Grania Davis)
• "Vovko" (Gordon Derevanchuk)
• "The Monkey's Bride" (Michael Bishop)