Sweet Revenge: Five Works Featuring Vendettas

[james_davis_nicoll]

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Forgive and forget? Not bloody likely...

Sweet Revenge: Five Works Featuring Vendettas

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[james_davis_nicoll]

Tor dot com article 555, 2025 article 24

445 articles to go to article 1000

[patrick_morris_miller]

Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

[petrea_mitchell]

If the real Count of Monte Cristo isn't sfnal enough for people, there's always Gankutsuou.

[chrysostom]

Monte Cristo is terrific.

[patrick_morris_miller]

Also: "To the last I grapple with thee... from Hell's heart I stab at thee... for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee..."

[(Anonymous)]

Dick.

Robert Carnegie

[philrm]

Gully Foyle is my name
And Terra is my nation.

[philrm]

Mr. Fox: Your tractors uprooted my tree. Your posse hunted my family. Your gunmen kidnapped my nephew. Your rat insulted my wife - and you shot off my tail. I'm not leaving here without that necktie.

Bean: Kill him!

[Hail of gunfire. Pause while the farmers all reload.]

Mr. Fox: Actually, we should just go. Where'd I park?

[(Anonymous)]

Poe's Cask of Amontillado, although we never find out what the protagonist wants revenge for. 🤔

-Awesome Aud

I decided this was too off-topic to post in the comments on tor.com so you get to read it here

[jwgh]

Your description of Silco's big parenting flaw reminded me a bit of something I wrote about 'Anatomy of a Murder':

Jimmy Stewart gives a commanding performance, and one is drawn to root for him; he's the obvious underdog, though that's largely because the man he's defending is guilty, despicable, and certain to commit more violent acts if freed.

[bolindbergh]

A popular song title.