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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... arm : the arm just peeled away from its torso , its hand a thumbless black mitten . Eliot edged back . He wasn't quite prepared to believe it was harmless . But the arm stretched far- ther than he had thought possible and enveloped his ...
... arm : the arm just peeled away from its torso , its hand a thumbless black mitten . Eliot edged back . He wasn't quite prepared to believe it was harmless . But the arm stretched far- ther than he had thought possible and enveloped his ...
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... arms stiff out in front of him . He tumbled down an embankment and came to his feet , run- ning . He saw that the fires had spread above his elbows and felt the chill margin inching upward . His arms lit the brush around him , as if ...
... arms stiff out in front of him . He tumbled down an embankment and came to his feet , run- ning . He saw that the fires had spread above his elbows and felt the chill margin inching upward . His arms lit the brush around him , as if ...
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... arms . " She's . . . he's dying ! There's no need for it ! " " Keep clear ! " he shouted . " De mon have killed Jimmy , and I come for him ! " " Just let him die ! " " He don't just let Jimmy die ! Hettie been sayin ' how dat crazy mon ...
... arms . " She's . . . he's dying ! There's no need for it ! " " Keep clear ! " he shouted . " De mon have killed Jimmy , and I come for him ! " " Just let him die ! " " He don't just let Jimmy die ! Hettie been sayin ' how dat crazy mon ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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