Note: Martin H. Greenberg is shown as one of the copyright-holders on the title verso page, but is not credited on the cover or the title page. He is probably an uncredited co-editor.

Synopsis: The heavenly hosts are well represented in this brand new collection of original tales about angels, bright and dark. From the angel as messenger and spiritual protector to the winged avenger carrying celestial justice, here are eighteen unforgettable encounters with those guardians of the mortal realm - beings sometimes monstrous and sometimes unbearably beautiful, death-dealers or soul-savers. Crowther has called upon Charles de Lint, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Michael Bishop, John Brunner, Ed Gorman, and their fellow explorers of the heavenly regions to create the evocative, provocative tales that await you in HEAVEN SENT. From a father whose love for his son is stronger than death to an ethereal visit that proves far more frightening than reassuring, from angels sent as the traditional - or not so traditional - Guide to the Afterlife to those who still have something to learn from the living, you'll find these excursions of the imagination by turns inspiring and terrifying. But all of them will prove equally compelling as you venture forth to those special places where angels never fear to tread. (from the back cover of the DAW Books first edition)