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{{short description|American novelist (1943–2014)}}

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'''Lucius Shepard''' (August 21, 1943 – March 18, 2014) was an American writer. Classified as a [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]] writer, he often leaned into other genres, such as [[magical realism]].

==Career==
Shepard was a native of [[Lynchburg, Virginia]], where he was born in 1943.<ref name="sfencyclo">{{cite encyclopedia| last=Clute |first=John |author-link=John Clute |encyclopedia=[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]] |edition=3rd |editor1-last=Clute |editor1-first=John |editor1-link=John Clute |editor2-last=Langford |editor2-first=David |editor2-link=David Langford |editor3-last=Nicholls |editor3-first=Peter |editor3-link=Peter Nicholls (writer) |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/shepard_lucius |title=Shepard, Lucius |access-date=2014-08-04}}</ref> His first short stories appeared in 1983, and his first novel, ''[[Green Eyes (novel)|Green Eyes]]'', appeared in 1984. At the time, he was considered part of the [[cyberpunk]] movement. Shepard came to writing late,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Banging Nails |journal=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]] |date=November 2001 |pages=6}} While stories under his name were published in the 1950s, Shepard reports those were actually written by his father.</ref> having first enjoyed a varied career, including a stint playing rock and roll in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] and extensive travel throughout Europe and Asia. [[Algis Budrys]], reviewing ''Green Eyes'', praised Shepard's "ease of narrative style that comes only from a profound love and respect for the language and the literatures that have graced it."<ref>{{cite journal|title=Books |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] |date=July 1984 |pages=24}}</ref>

Lucius Shepard won several awards for his science fiction: in 1985 he won the [[Astounding Award for Best New Writer|John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer]], followed in 1987 with a [[Nebula Award for Best Novella]] for his story "R&R". This story later became part of his 1987 novel ''[[Life During Wartime (novel)|Life During Wartime]]'', which won the [[Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis]] in 1990. His novella "Barnacle Bill the Spacer" won a [[Hugo Award for Best Novella|Hugo Award]] in 1993. His poem "White Trains" won the [[Rhysling Award]] in 1988. Two early collections of short stories won the [[World Fantasy Award—Collection|World Fantasy Award]] for best collection: ''The Jaguar Hunter'' in 1988 and ''The Ends of the Earth Collection'' in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|author=World Fantasy Convention |title=Award Winners and Nominees |url=http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/awardslist.html/ |access-date=February 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201074405/http://worldfantasy.org/awards/awardslist.html |archive-date=December 1, 2010 }}</ref>  His novella "Vacancy" won a [[Shirley Jackson Award]] in 2008.

Lucius Shepard resided in [[Portland, Oregon]].

==Themes and evolution==
{{ref section|date=September 2019}}
Shepard embraced many different themes throughout his career. In his early work, he wrote extensively about [[Central America]]. This included clearly science-fictional stories about [[near future (fiction)|near future]] high-tech jungle war (such as "R&R" and "[[Salvador (story)|Salvador]]"), as well as stories that seemed more in line with [[magic realism]]. Many of these, such as "Black Coral" (which concerns an American living on an island off of Honduras) and "[[The Jaguar Hunter]]" (the story of a man whose wife's debt forces him to hunt a mythical black jaguar, which his people consider sacred), explore cultural clashes. Shepard traveled extensively in Central America and lived there for a time.

Shepard stopped writing fiction for much of the 1990s.{{why|date=September 2019}} He returned near the end of that decade, producing such works as the novella ''Radiant Green Star'', which won a [[Locus Award]] for Best Novella in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|author=Locus Publications|title=2001 Locus Awards|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus2001.html|access-date=27 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514044128/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus2001.html|archive-date=14 May 2011}}</ref> Though he still wrote Central American fiction, Shepard's interest seemed to be moving north: he published two short novels, "A Handbook of American Prayer" and "Viator", both set in North America. On that same note, he published many works where culture and geography were secondary (his novella "Jailwise" is a prime example), preferring to focus on wider questions such as the role of justice in society.

Much of Shepard's later work was nonfiction. He researched the [[Freight Train Riders of America]] and spent time riding the rails, writing both fiction and nonfiction based on those experiences. He was also a regular movie reviewer for ''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]]'' and electricstory.com.<ref>{{cite web|author=Electric Story|title=Exclusive Movie Reviews by Lucius Shepard|url=http://www.electricstory.com/reviews/lsreviews.aspx|access-date=27 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219141838/http://www.electricstory.com/reviews/lsreviews.aspx|archive-date=19 December 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> His reviews are marked by general contempt for the current state of American film.

According to fellow author [[James Patrick Kelly]], Shepard was an avid sports fan who often used dramatic sports moments as inspiration to write.<ref>{{cite web|author=James Patrick Kelly|title=How to Talk to Lucius Shepard|url=http://www.jimkelly.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Itemid=49|access-date=27 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721214251/http://www.jimkelly.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Itemid=49|archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref>

In the summer of 2008, Shepard moved to Neuchatel, Switzerland in order to work on several screenplays. He served on the jury of the [[Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival]] (NIFFF) with the American director [[Joe Dante]].

He died in March 2014 at the age of 70 of complications from a stroke.<ref name="sfencyclo" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elbakin.net/fantasy/news/21071-Deces-de-Lucius-Shepard |title=Décès de Lucius Shepard |author=Gillossen |website=Elbakin.net |date=20 March 2014 |language=fr |trans-title=Death of Lucius Shepard |access-date=2014-08-04}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
{{Incomplete list|date=February 2019}}{{bots|deny=Citation bot}}

===Novels===
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=[[Green Eyes (novel)|Green eyes]] |location=New York |publisher=Ace |date=1984 <!--|isbn=0-441-30274-2-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=[[Life During Wartime (novel)|Life during wartime]] |location=New York |publisher=Bantam |date=1987 <!--|isbn=0-553-34381-5-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=The Golden |location=Shingletown, Calif. |publisher=Mark V. Ziesing |date=1993 <!--|isbn=0-929480-73-2-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Colonel Rutherford's colt |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2003 <!--|isbn=1-931081-74-3-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Floater |location=Hornsea, England |publisher=PS Publishing |date=2003 <!--|isbn=1902880803-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Viator |location=San Francisco |publisher=Night Shade Books |date=2004 <!--|isbn=1-892389-44-4-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Trujillo |location=San Francisco |publisher=Night Shade Books |date=2005 <!--|isbn=1-59780-012-0-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=A handbook of American prayer : a novel |location=New York |publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press |date=2006 <!--|isbn=1-56858-281-1-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Softspoken |location=San Francisco |publisher=Night Shade Books |date=2007 <!--|isbn=978-1-59780-073-0-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Beautiful blood : a novel of the Dragon Griaule |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2014 <!--|isbn=978-1-59606-652-6-->}}

=== Short fiction ===
;Collections
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=[[The Jaguar Hunter|The jaguar hunter]] |location=Sauk City, Wisc. |publisher=Arkham House |date=1987 <!--|isbn=0-87054-154-4-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author1=Shepard, Lucius |author2=[[Robert_Frazier_(writer) | Robert Frazier]] |name-list-style=amp |title=Nantucket Slayrides: Three Short Novels |location=Nantucket, Mass. |publisher=Eel Grass Press |date=1989 <!--|isbn=0-938075-11-X-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=[[The Ends of the Earth (Shepard stories)|The ends of the Earth]] |location=Sauk City, Wisc. |publisher=Arkham House |date=1991 <!--|isbn=0-87054-161-7-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Sports & Music |location=Shingletown, Calif. |publisher=Mark V. Ziesing |date=1994 <!--|isbn=0-929480-25-2-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Barnacle Bill the Spacer and Other Stories |location=London |publisher=Orion |date=1997 <!--|isbn=1-85798-501-X-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Later published in the United States as ''Beast of the heartland and other stories''.</ref>
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Beast of the Heartland and Other Stories |location=New York |publisher=Four Walls Eight Windows |date=1999 <!--|isbn=1-56858-126-2-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Originally published in the United Kingdom as ''Barnacle Bill the Spacer and other stories''.</ref>
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=[[The Jaguar Hunter]] |location=New York |publisher=Four Walls Eight Windows |date=2001 |edition=2nd, revised <!--|isbn=1-56858-186-6-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Trujillo and Other Stories |location=Hornsea, England |publisher=PS Publishing |date=2004 <!--|isbn=1-902880-85-4-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Two trains running |location=Urbana, Ill. |publisher=Golden Griffin Press |date=2004 <!--|isbn=1-930846-23-1-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Eternity and Other Stories |location=New York |publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press |date=2005 <!--|isbn=1-56025-662-1-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Dagger Key and other stories |location=Hornsea, England |publisher=PS Publishing |date=2007 <!--|isbn=978-1-904619-73-4-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=The Best of Lucius Shepard |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2008 <!--|isbn=978-1-59606-133-0-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Skull City and Other Lost Tales |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2008}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Vacancy & Ariel |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2009 <!--|isbn=978-1-59606-239-9-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Viator Plus |location=Hornsea, England |publisher=PS Publishing |date=2009 <!--|isbn=978-1-84863-035-2-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=The Dragon Griaule |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2012 <!--|isbn=978-1-59606-456-0-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Five Autobiographies and a Fiction |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2013 <!--|isbn=978-1-59606-555-0-->}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |editor=Sheehan, Bill |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=The best of Lucius Shepard : volume two |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2021}}
;Stories<ref group=lower-alpha>Short stories unless otherwise noted.</ref>
{|class='wikitable sortable'
|-
!width=25%|Title
!|Year
!|First published
!|Reprinted/collected
!|Notes
|-
|"All the perfumes of Araby"
|1992
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Datlow, Ellen |title=Omni best science fiction two |publisher=OMNI Books |date=1992 <!--|isbn=0-87455-278-8--> |chapter=All the perfumes of Araby}}
|
|Novelette
|-
|data-sort-value="all-consuming"|"The All-Consuming"
|1990
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author1=Frazier, Robert |author2=Lucius Shepard |name-list-style=amp |date=July 1990 |title=The All-Consuming |journal=Playboy }}
|
|
|-
|"The Arcevoalo"
|1986
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=October 1986 |title=The Arcevoalo |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] |volume=71 |issue=4 }}
|
|Novelette
|-
|''Ariel''
|2003
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=October–November 2003 |title=Ariel |journal=Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction |volume= |issue= }}
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Sheehan, Bill |title=The best of Lucius Shepard : volume two |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2021 |pages=551–624 |chapter=Ariel}}
|Novella
|-
|''Aymara''
|1986
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=August 1986 |title=Aymara |journal=Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine |volume=10 |issue=8 }}
|
|Novelette
|-
|''AZTECHS''
|2001
|{{cite web |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=AZTECHS |work=Sci Fiction |publisher=Syfy |date=September 5, 2001 |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/shepard/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011125003527/http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/shepard/ |archive-date=2001-11-25 |url-status=dead}}
|
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=AZTECHS |location= |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2003}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Sheehan, Bill |title=The best of Lucius Shepard : volume two |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2021 |pages=369–445 |chapter=AZTECHS}}
|Novella/chapbook
|-
|''Barnacle Bill the Spacer''
|1992
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=July 1992 |title=Barnacle Bill the Spacer |journal=Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine }}
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Sheehan, Bill |title=The best of Lucius Shepard : volume two |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2021 |pages=87–170 |chapter=Barnacle Bill the Spacer}}
|Novella
|-
|"Beast of the heartland"
|1992
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard,Lucius |date=September 1992 |title=Beast of the heartland |journal=Playboy }}
|
|
|-
|data-sort-value="black clay boy"|"The black clay boy"
|1987
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Schiff, Stuart David |title=Whispers VI |publisher=Doubleday |date=1987 |chapter=The black clay boy}}
|
|
|-
|"Black coral"
|1984
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Carr, Terry |title=Universe 14 |publisher=Doubleday |date=1984 |chapter=Black coral}}
|
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|-
|"Bound for glory"
|1989
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=October 1989 |title=Bound for glory |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] }}
|
|
|-
|"Chango"
|1989
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=June 1989 |title=Chango |journal=Ice River |volume=4 }}
|
|
|-
|''Crocodile rock''
|1999
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=October 1999 |title=Crocodile rock |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]]}}
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Sheehan, Bill |title=The best of Lucius Shepard : volume two |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2021 |pages=319–367 |chapter=Crocodile rock}}
|Novella
|-
|''Dagger Key''
|2007
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=Dagger Key and other stories |location=Hornsea, England |publisher=PS Publishing |date=2007 <!--|isbn=978-1-904619-73-4--> |chapter=Dagger Key}}
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Sheehan, Bill |title=The best of Lucius Shepard : volume two |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2021 |pages=701–758 |chapter=Dagger Key}}
|Novella
|-
|"Dancing it all away at Nadoka"
|1986
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=December 1986 |title=Dancing it all away at Nadoka |journal=Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction }}<ref group=lower-alpha>Issue is dated "Mid-December".</ref>
|
|
|-
|"Delta Sly Honey"
|1987
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor1=Dann, Jeanne Van Buren |editor2=Jack M. Dann |name-list-style=amp |title=In the field of fire |publisher=Tor |date=1987 |chapter=Delta Sly Honey}}
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=October 1987 |title=Delta Sly Honey |journal=Rod Serling's the Twilight Zone Magazine }}
|
|-
|''Dog-eared paperback of my life''
|2009
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |chapter=Dog-eared paperback of my life |editor1=Gevers, Nick |editor2=Jay Lake |name-list-style=amp |title=Other Earths |location= |publisher=DAW Books |date=2009 <!--|isbn=978-0-7564-0546-5--> |pages=}}
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Sheehan, Bill |title=The best of Lucius Shepard : volume two |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2021 |pages=759–844 |chapter=Dog-eared paperback of my life}}
|Novella
|-
|data-sort-value="drive-in Puerto Rico"|''The drive-in Puerto Rico''
|2002
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=October–November 2002 |title=The drive-in Puerto Rico |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]]}}
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Sheehan, Bill |title=The best of Lucius Shepard : volume two |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2021 |pages=447–505 |chapter=The drive-in Puerto Rico}}
|Novella
|-
|data-sort-value="End of life as we know it"|"The end of life as we know it"
|1985
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=January 1985 |title=The end of life as we know it |journal=Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine }}
|
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|-
|data-sort-value="ends of the earth"|"The ends of the Earth"
|1989
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=March 1989 |title=The ends of the Earth |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] }}
|
|
|-
|''Eternity and afterward''
|2001
|{{cite journal |ref=none |date=March 2001 |title=Eternity and afterward |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] |volume=100 |issue=3 |pages=11–84}}
|
|Novella
|-
|data-sort-value="Etheric transmitter"|"The etheric transmitter"
|1984
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |chapter=The etheric transmitter |editor=Knight, Damon |title=The Clarion Awards |publisher=Doubleday |date=1984 }}
|
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|-
|data-sort-value="Exercise of faith"|"The exercise of faith"
|1987
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=June 1987 |title=The exercise of faith |journal=Rod Serling's the Twilight Zone Magazine }}
|
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|-
|data-sort-value="Father of stones"|''The Father of Stones''
|1989
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=The Father of Stones |location=Baltimore |publisher=WSFA Press |date=1989 <!--|isbn=0-9621725-0-2-->}}
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=September 1989 |title=The Father of Stones |journal=Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine }}
|Novella/Chapbook
|-
|"Fire Zone Emerald"
|1986
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard,Lucius |date=February 1986 |title=Fire Zone Emerald |journal=Playboy }}
|
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|-
|data-sort-value="Fundamental things"|"The fundamental things"
|1985
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=July 1985 |title=The fundamental things |journal=Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine }}
|
|
|-
|data-sort-value="Glassblower's dragon"|"The glassblower's dragon"
|1987
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=April 1987 |title=The glassblower's dragon |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] }}
|
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|-
|''Halloween Town''
|2009
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=October 2009 |title=Halloween Town |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] }}
|
|Novella
|-
|data-sort-value="How my heart breaks when I sing this song"|"... How my heart breaks when I sing this song ..."
|1985
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=December 1985 |title=... How my heart breaks when I sing this song ... |journal=Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine }}
|
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|-
|"How the wind spoke at Madaket"
|1985
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=April 1985 |title=How the wind spoke at Madaket |journal=Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine }}
|
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|-
|''Human history''
|1995
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Brown, Stephen P. |title=21st Annual World Fantasy Convention program book |publisher=Baltimore Gun Club |date=1995 |chapter=Human history}}
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Sheehan, Bill |title=The best of Lucius Shepard : volume two |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2021 |pages=229–318 |chapter=Human history}}
|Novella
|-
|"Jack's decline"
|1988
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |chapter=Jack's decline |editor1=Casper, Susan |editor2=Gardner Dozois |name-list-style=amp |title=Ripper! |publisher=Tor |date=1988 <!--|isbn=0-812-51700-8-->}}
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|-
|data-sort-value="Jaguar hunter"|"The jaguar hunter"
|1985
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=May 1985 |title=The jaguar hunter |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] }}
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|"Jail bait"
|2004
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=Two trains running |location=Urbana, Ill. |publisher=Golden Griffin Press |date=2004 <!--|isbn=1-930846-23-1--> |chapter=Jail bait}}
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Sheehan, Bill |title=The best of Lucius Shepard : volume two |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2021 |pages=673–699 |chapter=Jailbait}}
|Novelette
|-
|''Kalimantan''
|1990
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=Kalimantan |publisher=Legend/Century |date=1990 <!--|isbn=0-7126-3673-0-->}}
|
|Novella/Chapbook
|-
|data-sort-value="last time"|''The last time''
|1994
|{{cite book |ref=none |editor=Datlow, Ellen |title=Little deaths : 24 tales of sex and horror |publisher=Millennium |date=1994 <!--|isbn=1-85798-014-X-->}}
|
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=The last time |location=Mission Viejo, Calif. |publisher=A.S.A.P. |date=1995 }}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Sheehan, Bill |title=The best of Lucius Shepard : volume two |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2021 |pages=171–227 |chapter=The last time}}
|Novella/Chapbook
|-
|''Liar's house''
|2003
|<ref>{{cite web |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=Liar's house |work=Sci Fiction |date=December 3, 2003 |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/shepard7/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040213093657/http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/shepard7/ |archive-date=2004-02-13 <!--|access-date=2020-05-19-->}}</ref>
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<ref>{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=Liar's house |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2004 <!--|isbn=1-59606-002-6-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Sheehan, Bill |title=The best of Lucius Shepard : volume two |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2021 |pages=625–672 |chapter=Liar's house}}</ref>
|Novella/Chapbook; "The Dragon Griaule"
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|"Life of Buddha"
|1988
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=May 1988 |title=Life of Buddha |journal=Omni }}
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|data-sort-value="little night music"|"A little night music"
|1992
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=March 1992 |title=A little night music |journal=Omni }}
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|''Louisiana breakdown''
|2003
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|Novella
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|data-sort-value="Man who painted the Dragon Griaule"|"The man who painted the Dragon Griaule"
|1984
|''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]]'', December 1984
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|"The Dragon Griaule"
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|"Mengele"
|1985
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |chapter=Mengele |editor=Carr, Terry |title=Universe 15 |publisher=Doubleday |date=1985 }}
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|data-sort-value="Night of White Bhairab"|"The night of White Bhairab"
|1984
|''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]]'', October 1984
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|"Noman's land"
|1988
|''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', Oct 1988
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|"On the border"
|1987
|''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', August 1987
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|data-sort-value="personal matter"|"A personal matter"
|1993
|''Amazing Stories'', July 1993
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|Excerpt from ''The Golden''
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|Pizza man
|1996
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard,Lucius |date=September 1996 |title=Pizza man |journal=Playboy }}
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|"R & R"
|1986
|''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', April 1986
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|"Radiant green star"
|2000
|''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', August 2000
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|"Reaper"
|1984
|''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', December 1984
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|"Romance of the Century"
|2000
|{{cite web |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=Romance of the Century |department=Activities. Visionary Adventures |work=GORP |publisher=The Away Network |date=2000 |url=http://gorp.away.com/gorp/features/visionary/shepard.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031021220720/http://gorp.away.com/gorp/features/visionary/shepard.htm |archive-date=2003-10-21 |url-status=dead}}
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|"Salvador"
|1984
|''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]]'', April 1984
|''[[The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection]], ed. [[Gardner Dozois]]''
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|data-sort-value="Scalehunter's beautiful daughter"|''The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter''
|1988
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=The scalehunter's beautiful daughter |location=Willimantic, CT |publisher=Mark V. Ziesing |date=1988 <!--|isbn=0-9612970-8-5-->}}
|''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', September 1988
|Novella/Chapbook
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|"Shades"
|1987
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor1=Dann, Jeanne Van Buren |editor2=Jack M. Dann |name-list-style=amp |title=In the field of fire |publisher=Tor |date=1987 |chapter=Shades}}
|''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', December 1987
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|data-sort-value="Skull"|''The skull''
|2012
|Subterranean Press
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|Novella
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|"Skull City"
|1990
|''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', July 1990
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|"Solitario's eyes"
|1983
|''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]]'', September 1983
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|data-sort-value="Spanish lesson"|"A Spanish lesson"
|1985
|''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]]'', December 1985
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|"Sparring partner"
|2001
|''Playboy'', March 2001
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|"Sports in America"
|1991
|''Playboy'', July 1991
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|''Stars seen through stone''
|2007
|''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]]'', July 2007
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|Novella
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|data-sort-value="Storming of Annie Kinsdale"|"The storming of Annie Kinsdale"
|1984
|''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', September 1984
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|data-sort-value="Sun spider"|"The sun spider"
|1987
|''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', April 1987
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|"Surrender"
|1989
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=August 1989 |title=Surrender |journal=Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine}}
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Sheehan, Bill |title=The best of Lucius Shepard : volume two |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2021 |pages=63–86 |chapter=Surrender}}
|Novelette
|-
|data-sort-value="Taborin Scale"|''The Taborin Scale''
|2010
|Subterranean Press
|
|Novella
|-
|data-sort-value="Taylorsville reconstruction"|"The Taylorsville reconstruction"
|1983
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |chapter=The Taylorsville reconstruction |editor=Carr, Terry |title=Universe 13 |publisher=Doubleday |date=1983 }}
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|data-sort-value="Traveler's tale"|''A traveler's tale''
|1984
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=July 1984 |title=A traveler's tale |journal=Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine}}
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Sheehan, Bill |title=The best of Lucius Shepard : volume two |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2021 |pages=7–62 |chapter=A traveler's tale}}
|Novella
|-
|''Valentine''
|2002
|Four Walls Eight Windows
|
|Novella
|-
|"Victory"
|1992
|''Omni'', May 1992
|
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|"Voyage south from Thousand Willows"
|1986
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |chapter=Voyage south from Thousand Willows |editor=Carr, Terry |title=Universe 16 |publisher=Doubleday |date=1986 }}
|
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|data-sort-value="walk in the garden"|''A walk in the garden''
|2003
|{{cite web |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=A walk in the garden |work=Sci Fiction |date=August 2003 |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/shepard6/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220100041/http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/shepard6/ |archive-date=2008-02-20 <!--|access-date=2023-02-08-->}}
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |editor=Sheehan, Bill |title=The best of Lucius Shepard : volume two |location=Burton, Mich. |publisher=Subterranean Press |date=2021 |pages=507–549 |chapter=A walk in the garden}}
|Novelette
|-
|data-sort-value="way it sometimes happens"|"The way it sometimes happens"
|1988
|''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', December 1988
|
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|data-sort-value="wooden tiger"|"A wooden tiger"
|1988
|''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]]'', October 1988
|
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|"Youthful folly"
|1988
|''Omni'', November 1988
|
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|}

=== Poetry ===
<!--;Collections
;Anthologies (edited)-->
;Chapbooks
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=Cantata of death, weakmind & generation |location=Chapel Hill, N. C. |publisher=Lillabulero Press |date=1967 <!--|lccn=71031574-->}}
;List of poems
{|class='wikitable sortable' width='90%'
|-
!width=25%|Title
!|Year
!|First published
!|Reprinted/collected
|-
|Cantata of death, weakmind & generation
|1967
|{{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |title=Cantata of death, weakmind & generation |location=Chapel Hill, N. C. |publisher=Lillabulero Press |date=1967 <!--|lccn=71031574-->}}
| 
|-
|Challenger as viewed from the Westerbrook Bar
|1986
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=October 1986 |title=Challenger as viewed from the Westerbrook Bar |journal=Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine }}
|
|-
|Pictures made of stones
|1987
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard,Lucius |date=September 1987 |title=Pictures made of stones |journal=Omni |volume=9 |issue=12 }}
|
|-
|White trains
|1987
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=Spring 1987 |title=White trains |journal=Night Cry }}
|
|}

===Non-fiction===
* {{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=February 1985 |title=How I spent my summer vacation : a student perspective on Clarion |journal=Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction }}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |editor=Garnett, David |title=Orbit science fiction yearbook two |publisher=Orbit |date=1989 |chapter=Introduction}}
* {{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |date=Winter 1989 |title=Waiting for the barbarians |journal=Journal Wired }}
* {{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |date=Spring 1990 |title=Remedial reading for the generation of swine |journal=Journal Wired }}
* {{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |date=Summer–Fall 1990 |title=Stark raving : George Bush and the Pineapple of Doom |journal=Journal Wired }}
* {{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |date=February 1991 |title=Read this |journal=The New York Review of Science Fiction }}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |editor1=Boston, Bruce |editor2=Robert Frazier |name-list-style=amp |title=Chronicles of the mutant rain forest |publisher=Horror's Head Press |date=1992 |chapter=Incident in the Petén}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |editor=Sargent, Pamela |title=Nebula Awards 29 |publisher=Harcourt Brace |date=1995 |chapter=Avram Davidson 1923-1993}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |editor=Wilson, Robin |title=Paragons |publisher=St. Martin's Press |date=1996 |chapter=God is in the details}}
* {{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |date=Fall 1996 |title=An appreciation of Avram Davidson |journal=Eidolon }}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |editor=Waldrop, Howard |title=Going home again |publisher=Eidolon Publications |date=1997 |chapter=Introduction}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |editor=Dann, Jack |title=Nebula Awards 32 |publisher=Harvest |date=1998 |chapter=The year in science fiction and fantasy : a symposium}}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |editor=Davis, Grania |title=The Avram Davidson treasury |publisher=Tor |date=1998 |chapter=Afterword}}
* {{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |date=October 14, 1998 |title=This space for advertising |journal=Event Horizon }}
* {{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |date=January 14, 1999 |title=The millenium cucaracha |journal=Event Horizon }}
* {{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |date=May 18, 1999 |title=The Littleton Follies |journal=Event Horizon }}
* {{cite book |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |author-mask=1 |title=Weapons of mass seduction |date=2005 }}

=== Film reviews ===
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!width=25%|Film title
!|Director
!class='unsortable'|Reviewed in
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|''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]''
|[[Bryan Singer]]
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=Dec 2000 |title=eXcreMENt |department=Films |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] |volume=99 |issue=6 |pages=104–108 |url=https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/2000/ls0012.htm <!--|access-date=2019-02-05-->}}
|-
|''[[Lost Souls (2000 film)|Lost Souls]]''
|[[Janusz Kaminski]]
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=March 2001 |title=The exorcist's children and Rosemary's yuppie |department=Films |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] |volume=100 |issue=3 |pages=125–131 }}
|-
|''[[Iron Man (2008 film)|Iron Man]]''
|[[Jon Favreau]]
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=October–November 2008 |title=Things that go clank in the night |department=Films |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] |volume=115 |issue=4&5 |pages=149–154 }}
|-
|''[[District 9]]''
|[[Neill Blomkamp]]
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=January–February 2010 |title=A pair of nines |department=Films |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] |volume=118 |issue=1&2 |pages=187–192}}
|-
|''[[9 (2009 animated film)|9]]''
|[[Shane Acker]]
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=January–February 2010 |title=A pair of nines |department=Films |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] |volume=118 |issue=1&2 |pages=187–192}}
|-
|''[[Jennifer's Body]]''
|[[Karyn Kusama]]
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=January–February 2010 |title=A pair of nines |department=Films |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] |volume=118 |issue=1&2 |pages=187–192}}
|-
|''[[Pandorum]]''
|[[Christian Alvart]]
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=January–February 2010 |title=A pair of nines |department=Films |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] |volume=118 |issue=1&2 |pages=187–192}}
|-
|data-sort-value="adjustment bureau"|''[[The Adjustment Bureau]]''
|[[George Nolfi]]
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=July–August 2011 |title=Free will hunting |department=Films |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] |volume=121 |issue=1&2 |pages=147–152}}
|-
|''[[Paul (2011 film)|Paul]]''
|[[Greg Mottola]]
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=July–August 2011 |title=Free will hunting |department=Films |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] |volume=121 |issue=1&2 |pages=147–152}}
|-
|''[[Battle: Los Angeles]]''
|[[Jonathan Liebesman]]
|{{cite journal |ref=none |author=Shepard, Lucius |date=July–August 2011 |title=Free will hunting |department=Films |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] |volume=121 |issue=1&2 |pages=147–152}}
|}

===Comics===
* {{cite comic |cartoonist= |writer=Shepard, Lucius |story= |title=[[Vermillion (Helix)|Vermillion]] |volume= |issue= |date=1996–1997 |publisher= |location= }}
* {{cite comic |artist=James Romberger |coartists=Marguerite Van Cook |writer=Shepard, Lucius |story=Platinum nights |title=Gangland |volume= |issue=2 |date=1998 |publisher=Vertigo |location= |url=https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comic/9524581/gangland-2}}

===Critical studies and reviews of Shepard's work===
* {{cite journal |author=Dunn, Katherine |author-link=Katherine Dunn |date=March 2001 |title=An introduction to Lucius Shepard |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] |volume=100 |issue=3 |pages=4–10 }}
* {{cite journal |date=March 2001 |title=Lucius Taylor Shepard : bibliography |journal=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|F&SF]] |volume=100 |issue=3 |pages=85–88 }}
* {{cite journal |author=Williams, Sheila |author-link=Sheila Williams |date=September 2014 |title=Lucius Shepard, he was a friend of mine |department=Editorial |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=38 |issue=9 |pages=4–5 |url=https://www.asimovs.com/more-stuff/all-archives/#ArchivedEditorials |access-date=2023-03-19}}

;''Beautiful blood''
* {{cite journal |date=January 2015 |author=Di Filippo, Paul |author-link=Paul Di Filippo |title=On Books |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=102–106}}
;''Five autobiographies and a fiction''
* {{cite journal |author=Di Filippo, Paul |author-link=Paul Di Filippo |title=On Books |date=January 2014 |journal=Asimov's Science Fiction |volume=38 |issue=1 |pages=101–105 }}
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;Notes
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== References ==
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