Dagger Key and Other Stories

About the Book

Lucius Shepard's new story collection may well be his best yet. In nine novellas and stories, he traces a long-dead pirate's murderous possession of a Caribbean islander, explains a grand tantric conspiracy, pits a fugitive killer against the malignant energies of the Dragon Griaule, exposes a small Pennsylvania town to a morally fraught extradimensional excursion... and there's much more.

Written in Shepard's characteristically brilliant moody prose, these are amongst the finest dark fantasies on offer today.

Contents:

  • Introduction by China Miéville
  • Stars Seen Through Stone
  • Emerald Street Expansions
  • Limbo
  • Liar's House
  • Dead Money
  • Dinner at Baldassaro's
  • Abimagique
  • The Lepidopterist
  • Dagger Key
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Lucius Shepard

Lucius Shepard (1947–2014) was an American writer. Classified as a science fiction and fantasy writer, he often leaned into other genres, such as magical realism. His work is infused with a political and historical sensibility and an awareness of literary antecedents. Brief biographies are, like history texts, too…

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