Helfers, John
Entry updated 13 January 2025. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(1972- ) US author, editor and military historian, married to Kerrie L Hughes, who began to publish work of genre interest with "Blood Ghost" in Phantoms of the Night (anth 1996) edited by Richard Gilliam and Martin H Greenberg. He subsequently edited many Anthologies, mostly in collaboration with Greenberg, beginning with Black Cats and Broken Mirrors (anth 1998) with Martin H Greenberg.
Most of Helfers's novels are Ties to various Shared World franchises; the standalone Siege of Night and Fire (2005) is a vigorous military Fantasy. The Vorkosigan Companion (2008) with Lillian Stewart Carl is a nonfiction guide to Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan universe. Helfers also contributed three novels to the long-running Deathlands sequence of Post-Holocaust Survivalist Fiction, his first being Deathlands #96: Downrigger Drift (2011) as by James Axler (whom see for more). [DRL]
John Helfers
born Lombard, Illinois: 1972
works
series
Deathlands
- Deathlands #96: Downrigger Drift (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2011) as by James Axler [Deathlands: pb/Dave Seeley]
- Deathlands #99: Perception Fault (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2011) as by James Axler [Deathlands: pb/Dave Seeley]
- Deathlands #112: Dark Fathoms (Toronto, Ontario: Gold Eagle Books, 2013) as by James Axler [Deathlands: pb/Dave Seeley]
individual titles and contributions
- Cloak and Dagger (New York: Berkley Jam, 2001) with Russell Davis [Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: pb/]
- Deep in the Dark (New York: ibooks, 2004) [tie to The Twilight Zone: Twilight Zone: pb/]
- Siege of Night and Fire (Waterville, Maine: Five Star, 2005) [pb/Alan M Clark]
- Aftershock (New York: New American Library/Roc, 2006) with Jean Rabe [tie to the Role Playing Game: Shadowrun: pb/]
nonfiction
- The Valdemar Companion (New York: DAW Books, 2001) with Denise Little [nonfiction: Mercedes Lackey: hb/Jody A Lee]
- The Vorkosigan Companion (New York: Baen Books, 2008) with Lillian Stewart Carl [nonfiction: Lois McMaster Bujold: hb/Darrell K Sweet]
works as editor
series
Fantastic
- Warrior Fantastic (New York: DAW Books, 2000) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Fantastic: pb/John Sullivan]
- Knight Fantastic (New York: DAW Books, 2002) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Fantastic: pb/]
Fiction River
- How to Save the World (place not given: WMG Publishing/Fiction River, 2013) [anth: Fiction River: pb/Rolffimages/Dreamstime]
- Recycled Pulp (place not given: WMG Publishing/Fiction River, 2015) [anth: Fiction River: pb/Mike Heywood]
individual titles as editor
- Black Cats and Broken Mirrors (New York: DAW Books, 1998) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: pb/Jean-Francois Podevin]
- Alien Abductions (New York: DAW Books, 1999) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Aliens: UFOs: pb/Bob Warner]
- Future Crimes (New York: DAW Books, 1999) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Crime and Punishment: pb/Peter Gudynas]
- Star Colonies (New York: DAW Books, 2000) with Ed Gorman (Greenberg anonymous) and Martin H Greenberg [anth: pb/Vincent Di Fate]
- The Mutant Files (New York: DAW Books, 2001) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Mutants: Files: pb/Koeveks]
- Villains Victorious (New York: DAW Books, 2001) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Antiheroes; Villains: pb/Les Edwards]
- Once Upon a Galaxy (New York: DAW Books, 2002) with Martin H Greenberg and Wil McCarthy [anth: pb/Corbis]
- Future Wars (New York: DAW Books, 2003) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Future War: pb/Gregory Bridges]
- Space Stations (New York: DAW Books, 2004) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: Space Stations: pb/Corbis and Getty Images]
- In the Shadow of Evil (New York: DAW Books, 2005) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: pb/uncredited]
- Slipstreams (New York: DAW Books, 2006) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: pb/uncredited]
- Future Americas (New York: DAW Books, 2008) with Martin H Greenberg [anth: pb/uncredited]
- Stalking the Wild Hare: Stories from the Gen Con Writer's Symposium (Kansasville, Wisconsin: Walkabout Publishing, 2010) with Chris Pierson, Jean Rabe and Marc Tassin [anth: pb/Stephen D Sullivan]
- Chicks and Balances (New York: Baen Books, 2015) with Esther M Friesner [anth: Chicks in Chainmail: pb/Tom Wood]
- Champions of Aetaltis (Dexter, Michigan: Mechanical Muse, 2016) with Marc Tassin [anth: tie to the Role Playing Game: Aetaltis: pb/Mitchell Malloy]
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