Dagger Key and Other Stories
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| Author(s) | Lucius Shepard |
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| Subtitle | and Other Stories |
| Publisher | PS Publishing |
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| 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. | |
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.

