The Ends of the Earth (short story collection)

The Ends of the Earth

Dust-jacket illustration by Jeffrey K. Potter.
Author	Lucius Shepard
Illustrator	Jeffrey K. Potter
Cover artist	Jeffrey K. Potter
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction, horror
Published	1991 (Arkham House)
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	x, 484
ISBN	0-87054-161-7
OCLC	21762304
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 20
LC Class	PS3569.H3939 E5 1991

The Ends of the Earth is a collection of science fiction and horror stories by American writer Lucius Shepard. It was released in 1991 and was the author's second book published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 4,655 copies. The stories originally appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and other magazines.

Contents

The Ends of the Earth contains the following stories:

• "The Ends of the Earth"
• "Delta Sly Honey"
• "Bound for Glory"
• "The Exercise of Faith"
• "Nomans Land"
• "Life of Buddha"
• "Shades"
• "Aymara"
• "A Wooden Tiger"
• "The Black Clay Boy"
• "Fire Zone Emerald"
• "On the Border"
• "The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter"
• "Surrender"

Awards

• World Fantasy Award - 1992

Sources

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 58.
• Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 162. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
• Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 137. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.