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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... blood and bones , humming grief , shelling out $ 5.98 for a jingle about suffering . Looking back , I realize I was crazy , but at the time everything I did seemed normal . More than normal . Di- rected , inspired . I bought a gun . A ...
... blood and bones , humming grief , shelling out $ 5.98 for a jingle about suffering . Looking back , I realize I was crazy , but at the time everything I did seemed normal . More than normal . Di- rected , inspired . I bought a gun . A ...
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... blood , " said Prince . " Ain't dat right . You don't trick with de mighty . " He nudged Jubert's jaw with his toe . Jubert groaned ; blood welled from his mouth , puddling black in the moonlight . " Come back at me and I'll kill you ...
... blood , " said Prince . " Ain't dat right . You don't trick with de mighty . " He nudged Jubert's jaw with his toe . Jubert groaned ; blood welled from his mouth , puddling black in the moonlight . " Come back at me and I'll kill you ...
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... blood , and the big guns bucking , every shell burst kindling miles of sky . He would have preferred to keep going up , to get out into the open where he might have a chance to hide in the jungle . But down was his only hope . Pushing ...
... blood , and the big guns bucking , every shell burst kindling miles of sky . He would have preferred to keep going up , to get out into the open where he might have a chance to hide in the jungle . But down was his only hope . Pushing ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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