"Hellfire & Damnation II" is the sequel to the award-winning short story collection released in 2011 with a framing device of Dante's "Inferno" and the 9 Circles of Hell and sins/crimes punished at each. (www.HellfireAndDamnationTheBook.com). The first book won an E-Lit award, plus Silver Feather, NABE and Pinnacle awards. The book is unique in featuring illustrations with each story, and it also has a "From the Author" section that tells what inspired each story. It is 56,000 words long and has a cover by award-winning artist Vincent Chong of the U.K. The stories have variant settings, but it is not necessary to have read the first collection to enjoy the second.