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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... told my boyfriend . That's the way bands are - you're friends with everyone , but never at the same time . See , I told this guy about the affair . We'd always confided . But one day he got mad at me over something . Something else ...
... told my boyfriend . That's the way bands are - you're friends with everyone , but never at the same time . See , I told this guy about the affair . We'd always confided . But one day he got mad at me over something . Something else ...
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... told only at great expense to the listener . He told how Meachem's ghost appeared each time his treasure was threatened , huge , a constellation made of the island stars . and de round end of his peg leg were de moon shine down .. " Of ...
... told only at great expense to the listener . He told how Meachem's ghost appeared each time his treasure was threatened , huge , a constellation made of the island stars . and de round end of his peg leg were de moon shine down .. " Of ...
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... told me she'd be back to say goodbye . I told her I'd wait , but as soon as she and Tom had left , I set out toward the point . I would no more have missed their performance than I would have turned down , say , a free ticket to see the ...
... told me she'd be back to say goodbye . I told her I'd wait , but as soon as she and Tom had left , I set out toward the point . I would no more have missed their performance than I would have turned down , say , a free ticket to see the ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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