New Releases by Lucius Shepard

Lucius Shepard is widely regarded as one of the finest short fiction writers in the science fiction and fantasy fields. In 'Trujillo', he assembles one novel, six novellas, and four novelettes, all of them portals into the most extreme and terrifying possibilities of contemporary existence.

A brand new novella of the dragon Grialue, limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the author.

Secret intelligence agencies, esoteric theorems, Lovecraftian horrors, Middle East terrorist connections, a damsel in distress, and a final battle on the surface of a dying planet round out this offbeat story.

Welcome to Grail, Louisiana -- next to nothing and just beyond reality -- where hoodoo meets Jesus, and townsfolk pray to both. This dark fantasy delves into the psychological and motivational depths of Grail and its residents. Miss Sedele mixes up green cocktails called ''cryptoverdes'' at Le Bon Chance. Vida Dumars, owner of the Moonlight Diner, peers into the deepest realms of her customers'' hearts as though they were picture windows. Town spirit Good Gray Man has promised good fortune to the town as long as it hangs onto tradition. A quirky, fantastical town''s heart and soul are slowly, often painfully revealed in this dark and captivating novella.

When a hurricane alert forces a journalist to stay in the quaint coastal town of Piersall in South Florida, he amazingly finds himself stranded with a lost love, which is the first of many strange events that repeatedly ties these two estranged lovers together.

Ils sont beaux, puissants et immortels. Ils appartiennent tous à la Famille, à la race des vampires. Au cœur du XIXème siècle, certains sont restés attachés à leur passé sanglant, conjuguant érotisme et cruauté. D'autres regardent vers le futur, nourrissant l'espoir d'évoluer vers une nouvelle aristocratie spirituelle. Mais tous se sont réunis au monstrueux château Banat, dans les Carpates, pour participer à la cérémonie du Nectar, au partage du sang d'une mortelle soigneusement sélectionnée. Or, la jeune femme est sauvagement assassinée avant la cérémonie. Un crime qui ne peut rester impuni, même parmi les créatures de la nuit...

A collection of dark tales from the dark-side of speculative fiction offers seven unlikely tales of horror, including a postapocalyptic thriller, a space opera, and a gothic tale of insanity, among others. Original. IP.

David Mingolla is one of many drug-pumped grunts slugging it out in the rotten jungles of Guatemala, an expendable pawn in an endless, amoral war. Then he meets Debora, an enigmatic young woman who may be working for the enemy, and stumbles into the deadly war zone of psychic conflict where the mind is the greatest woapon, and thoughts are used to kill.

There are science fiction stories alongside short thrillers and a psychological horror story; something for everyone.

The members of the race of vampires have gathered at Castle Banat to discuss their fate. In this setting, a murder has been discovered that cannot go unpunished, a murder that pits the family''s most powerful members against each other.

Sure of his invulnerability as an American expatriate, Curtis MacKinnon goes to Borneo to play at being disreputable. Soon enough he is in trouble and forced to hide in the jungles of Kalimantan. He discovers a drug used by a lost race, which awakens the spirits of Kalimantan.

Fourteen 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 Awardwinning title story, a poor Honduran hunter is coerced into tracking the forbidden black jaguar of Barrio Carolina.