Paranormal Payback
collection 2026 The Dresden Files
Record
| First published | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | collection |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780593816080 |
Synopsis
Paranormal Payback is a 2026 anthology co-edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes, gathering twelve original short stories on the theme of supernatural revenge and justice. Butcher's contribution, "Mister Petty," is set in Harry Dresden's Chicago and follows a woman who hires a fixer to get even with her unfaithful husband.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Dresden Files
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Jim Butcher
Notes
- A themed multi-author urban-fantasy revenge anthology co-edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes (contributors include Holly Black, Kim Harrison, Kevin Hearne, Tanya Huff and others); contains one new Dresden Files story by Butcher, ‘Mister Petty’, featuring the recurring character Goodman Grey. Classified Expanded for the same reason as Side Jobs/Brief Cases/Working for Bigfoot: interstitial short fiction, not part of the main sequence.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within The Dresden Files (standalone work): position 22 of 22: previous Twelve Months (2026)
Sources
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