The Jaguar HunterFourteen of Lucius Shepard's most memorable stories are combined with a previously unanthologized novella, Radiant Green Star, to form a stunning sci-fi collection. In the Nebula Award-winning title story, a poor Honduran hunter is coerced into tracking the forbidden black jaguar of Barrio Carolina. |
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... Mullins joyfully . " And we go to de bank together . You not goin ' to be havin ' no more strife with dis negro ! " But Mullins did not show up the next morning , not at nine o'clock or ten or eleven . I asked around and heard that he ...
... Mullins joyfully . " And we go to de bank together . You not goin ' to be havin ' no more strife with dis negro ! " But Mullins did not show up the next morning , not at nine o'clock or ten or eleven . I asked around and heard that he ...
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... Mullins . A woman's voice shrilled , unintelligible , and there was a crash as if someone had fallen ; a second later Mullins pushed into the clearing . Hettie was clinging to his arm , restraining him ; but on seeing us , he cuffed her ...
... Mullins . A woman's voice shrilled , unintelligible , and there was a crash as if someone had fallen ; a second later Mullins pushed into the clearing . Hettie was clinging to his arm , restraining him ; but on seeing us , he cuffed her ...
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... Mullins with new respect , new alertness , no longer joking . Even in the hands of a fool , conch shells were serious business ; they had a ritual potency . Cassiopeia was deadpan , measuring Mullins . Her anger washed over me - I ...
... Mullins with new respect , new alertness , no longer joking . Even in the hands of a fool , conch shells were serious business ; they had a ritual potency . Cassiopeia was deadpan , measuring Mullins . Her anger washed over me - I ...
Contents
THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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