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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... bout you , talks ' bout you alla time . She don't go out with nobody . " Dantzler was unable to think of anything to say . " Look , " said Phil , " I'm pretty weirded out by this soldier shit . I hear it's pretty bad down there . If you ...
... bout you , talks ' bout you alla time . She don't go out with nobody . " Dantzler was unable to think of anything to say . " Look , " said Phil , " I'm pretty weirded out by this soldier shit . I hear it's pretty bad down there . If you ...
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... bout five miles from town . No closer . And don't let nobody through , y'understand ? " " What's happenin ' out there , Chief ? Alice Cuddy called in and said somethin ' ' bout a freak wind , but the phone went dead and I couldn't get ...
... bout five miles from town . No closer . And don't let nobody through , y'understand ? " " What's happenin ' out there , Chief ? Alice Cuddy called in and said somethin ' ' bout a freak wind , but the phone went dead and I couldn't get ...
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... bout that ? You a fool for the ladies ? " The old man nodded . He heard a chorus of affirming voices . ( " Oh , dass it ! " " De mon cootin ' and cootin ' until he half - crazy , den he coot with de wrong woman ! " " Must have been ...
... bout that ? You a fool for the ladies ? " The old man nodded . He heard a chorus of affirming voices . ( " Oh , dass it ! " " De mon cootin ' and cootin ' until he half - crazy , den he coot with de wrong woman ! " " Must have been ...
Contents
THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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