Heroes in Training
{{Short description|Anthology of fantasy stories}}
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| editors = Martin H. Greenberg
Jim C. Hines
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre = Fantasy short stories
| publisher = DAW Books
| release_date = 2007
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| media_type = Print (Paperback)
| pages = viii, 311 pp.
| isbn = 978-0-7564-0438-3
| dewey = 813.0876608 222
| congress = PS648.F3 H463 2007
| oclc = 144228432
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Heroes in Training is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Jim C. Hines.{{cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/jim-c-hines/heroes-in-training.htm |title=Heroes in Trainingon Fantastic Fiction}} It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in September 2007.{{isfdb title|id=390271}}
The book collects thirteen short stories and novelettes by various fantasy authors, with an introduction by Hines. It "follows the transformation of ordinary people into extraordinary heroes, including a shape-shifter who is forced unexpectedly into her first solo mission."Publisher's blurb.
Contents
- Introduction (Jim C. Hines)
- "Roomies" (Esther Friesner)
- "Three Names of the Hidden God" (Vera Nazarian)
- "The Princess, the Page, and the Master Cook's Son" (Sherwood Smith)
- "The Children's Crusade" (Robin Wayne Bailey)
- "The Apprentice" (Catherine H. Shaffer)
- "Beneath the Skin" (James Lowder)
- "Giantkiller" (G. Scott Huggins)
- "Drinker" (Michael Jasper)
- "King Harrowhelm" (Ed Greenwood)
- "Honor is a Game Mortals Play" (Eugie Foster)
- "The Wizard's Legacy" (Michael A. Burstein)
- "A Touch of Blue: a Web Shifters Story" (Julie Czerneda)
- "Sir Apropos of Nothing and The Adventure of the Receding Heir" (Peter David)
- "About the Authors"