Last Night, a Superhero Saved My Life

As broad as our exponentially growing cultural fascination with caped crusaders is, it runs just as deep as this long awaited anthology underscores. Liesa Mignogna the VP, Editorial Director at Simon Pulse and editor of this anthology can expound on the virtues of Batman (her wedding was even Batman-themed) but it's her retelling of incredibly harrowing yet ultimately inspiring encounters with The Dark Knight over the years, as she struggled to coexist with the supervillains in her own family that birthed this collection.

Last Night, A Superhero Saved My Life gives readers the chance to connect to their beloved authors, while those same authors connect to their beloved superheroes, and within that feedback loop of respect and admiration lies a stellar, and phenomenally accessible, anthology full of thrills, chills, and spills.

Contributors include New York Times bestsellers Christopher Golden, Leigh Bardugo, Brad Meltzer, Neil Gaiman, Carrie Vaughn, Jodi Picoult, and Jamie Ford, as well as award-winners and mainstays like Joe R. Lansdale, Karina Cooper, and Ron Currie, Jr among many others. Last Night, A Superhero Saved My Life's authors share their most hilarious and most heart wrenching experiences with their chosen defender to explain why superheroes matter, what they tell us about who we are, and what they mean for our future.

Me and Batman and you / Austin Grossman --
On the Hulk: you wouldn't like me when I'm angry / Delilah S. Dawson --
Dented hearts: a story of Iron Man / Anthony Breznican --
The weight of four-color justice / Christopher Golden --
Daredevil, Elektra, and the ninja who stole my virginity / Jamie Ford --
Everything I know about love, I learned from Gambit and Rogue / Karina Cooper --
Spider-Manhattan / Scott Westerfeld --
How I spent my summer vacation with the Judas Contract / Brad Meltzer --
How Batman saved my life / Joe R. Lansdale --
All the world is waiting for you / Carrie Vaughn --
The devil inside: how Matt Wagner's Grendel saved my life / Brendan Deneen --
You never forget your first time / Neil Gaiman --
We are not Amazons / Leigh Bardugo --
Weapon X / Ron Currie, Jr. --
Wonder Woman / Jodi Picoult --
God of thunder / Kevin Seccia --
Underdog and me / Martin Kihn --
Superman: one rad dude / Jim Di Bartolo --
Some interstitial thoughts on the In-Betweener / Charles Yu --
Becoming Bethany: a life in seven deaths / Alethea Kontis --
Swashbuckle my heart: an ode to Nightcrawler / Jenn Reese --
The hero I needed / Liesa Mignogna